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New Living Translation

Judges 19:28

He said, "Get up! Let's go!" But there was no answer. So he put her body on his donkey and took her home.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gibeah;   Homicide;   Rape;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Garments;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Sexuality, Human;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Micah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Homosexuality;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Benjamin;   Bethlehem;   Marriage;   Priests and Levites;   Samson;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Concubine;   Gibeah;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Ass;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Get up,” he told her. “Let’s go.” But there was no response. So the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.
Hebrew Names Version
He said to her, Up, and let us be going; but none answered: then he took her up on the donkey; and the man rose up, and got him to his place.
King James Version
And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.
Lexham English Bible
And he said to her, "Get up, let us go," but there was no answer. So he put her on the donkey, and the man got up and went to his place.
English Standard Version
He said to her, "Get up, let us be going." But there was no answer. Then he put her on the donkey, and the man rose up and went away to his home.
New Century Version
The Levite said to her, "Get up; let's go." But she did not answer. So he put her on his donkey and went home.
New English Translation
He said to her, "Get up, let's leave!" But there was no response. He put her on the donkey and went home.
Amplified Bible
He said to her, "Get up, and let us go." But there was no answer [for she had died]. Then he put her [body] on the donkey; and the man left and went home.
New American Standard Bible
And he said to her, "Get up and let's go," but there was no answer. Then he put her on the donkey; and the man set out and went to his home.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And hee said vnto her, Vp and let vs goe: but shee answered not. Then he tooke her vp vpon the asse, and the man rose vp, and went vnto his place.
Legacy Standard Bible
En hy sê vir haar: Staan op en laat ons trek; maar niemand antwoord nie. Daarop het hy haar op die esel gelaai, en die man het klaargemaak en na sy woonplek getrek.
Contemporary English Version
"Get up!" he said. "It's time to leave." But his wife didn't move. He lifted her body onto his donkey and left.
Complete Jewish Bible
He said to her, "Get up! Let's go!" But there was no answer. So he loaded her body on the donkey and began his trip home.
Darby Translation
And he said to her, Up, and let us go; but no one answered. And he took her upon the ass; and the man rose up, and went to his place.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Levite said to her, "Get up; let's go." But there was no answer. The Levite put her body on his donkey and went home.
George Lamsa Translation
And he said to her, Get up, let us go. But she did not answer. Then he put her upon the ass, and the man rose up and went on to his own home.
Good News Translation
He said, "Get up. Let's go." But there was no answer. So he put her body across the donkey and started on his way home.
Literal Translation
And he said to her, Rise up, and we will go. But there was no answer. And he took her on the ass, and the man rose up and went to his place.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He saide vnto her: stonde vp, let vs go, Neuertheles she gaue him no answere. The toke he her vp vpon his asse, gat him vp, and wente vnto his place.
American Standard Version
And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going; but none answered: then he took her up upon the ass; and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.
Bible in Basic English
And he said to her, Get up and let us be going; but there was no answer; so he took her up and put her on the ass, and went on his way and came to his house.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he sayde vnto her, Up, and let vs be goyng: But she aunswered not. Then the man toke her vp vpo an asse, & stoode vp, & gate hym vnto his place.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he said unto her. 'Up, and let us be going'; but none answered; then he took her up upon the ass; and the man rose up, and got him unto his place.
King James Version (1611)
And he said vnto her, Up, and let vs be going. But none answered: then the man tooke her vp vpon an asse, and the man rose vp, and gate him vnto his place.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he said to her, Rise, and let us go; and she answered not, for she was dead: and he took her upon his ass, and went to his place.
English Revised Version
And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going; but none answered: then he took her up upon the ass; and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.
Berean Standard Bible
"Get up," he told her. "Let us go." But there was no response. So the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he gesside `hir to reste, `and spak to hir, Rise thou, and go we. `And whanne sche answeride no thing, he vndirstode that sche was deed; and he took hir, and puttide on the asse, and turnede ayen in to his hows.
Young's Literal Translation
and he saith unto her, `Rise, and we go;' and there is none answering, and he taketh her on the ass, and the man riseth and goeth to his place,
Update Bible Version
And he said to her, Rise up, and let us be going; but there was no answer: then he took her up on the donkey; and the man rose up, and went to his place.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to her, Rise, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her upon an ass, and the man rose, and went to his place.
World English Bible
He said to her, Up, and let us be going; but none answered: then he took her up on the donkey; and the man rose up, and got him to his place.
New King James Version
And he said to her, "Get up and let us be going." But there was no answer. So the man lifted her onto the donkey; and the man got up and went to his place.
New Life Bible
He said to her, "Get up. Let us be going." But there was no answer. He put her body across the donkey and started on his way home.
New Revised Standard
"Get up," he said to her, "we are going." But there was no answer. Then he put her on the donkey; and the man set out for his home.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he said unto her - Up! and let us be going. But there was no answer. So he took her up on the ass, and the man rose up, and went his way to his own place.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He thinking she was taking her rest, said to her: Arise, and let us be going. But as she made no answer, perceiving she was dead, he took her up, and laid her upon his ass, and returned to his house.
Revised Standard Version
He said to her, "Get up, let us be going." But there was no answer. Then he put her upon the ass; and the man rose up and went away to his home.
THE MESSAGE
"Get up," he said. "Let's get going." There was no answer.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He said to her, "Get up and let us go," but there was no answer. Then he placed her on the donkey; and the man arose and went to his home.

Contextual Overview

22 While they were enjoying themselves, a crowd of troublemakers from the town surrounded the house. They began beating at the door and shouting to the old man, "Bring out the man who is staying with you so we can have sex with him." 23 The old man stepped outside to talk to them. "No, my brothers, don't do such an evil thing. For this man is a guest in my house, and such a thing would be shameful. 24 Here, take my virgin daughter and this man's concubine. I will bring them out to you, and you can abuse them and do whatever you like. But don't do such a shameful thing to this man." 25 But they wouldn't listen to him. So the Levite took hold of his concubine and pushed her out the door. The men of the town abused her all night, taking turns raping her until morning. Finally, at dawn they let her go. 26 At daybreak the woman returned to the house where her husband was staying. She collapsed at the door of the house and lay there until it was light. 27 When her husband opened the door to leave, there lay his concubine with her hands on the threshold. 28 He said, "Get up! Let's go!" But there was no answer. So he put her body on his donkey and took her home. 29 When he got home, he took a knife and cut his concubine's body into twelve pieces. Then he sent one piece to each tribe throughout all the territory of Israel. 30 Everyone who saw it said, "Such a horrible crime has not been committed in all the time since Israel left Egypt. Think about it! What are we going to do? Who's going to speak up?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

But none: Judges 20:5, 1 Kings 18:29

Reciprocal: Judges 4:14 - Up 1 Samuel 9:26 - Up

Cross-References

Genesis 19:10
But the two angels reached out, pulled Lot into the house, and bolted the door.
Genesis 19:11
Then they blinded all the men, young and old, who were at the door of the house, so they gave up trying to get inside.
Psalms 107:34
He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands, because of the wickedness of those who live there.
2 Peter 2:7
But God also rescued Lot out of Sodom because he was a righteous man who was sick of the shameful immorality of the wicked people around him.
Jude 1:7
And don't forget Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns, which were filled with immorality and every kind of sexual perversion. Those cities were destroyed by fire and serve as a warning of the eternal fire of God's judgment.
Revelation 9:2
When he opened it, smoke poured out as though from a huge furnace, and the sunlight and air turned dark from the smoke.
Revelation 18:9
And the kings of the world who committed adultery with her and enjoyed her great luxury will mourn for her as they see the smoke rising from her charred remains.
Revelation 18:18
They will cry out as they watch the smoke ascend, and they will say, "Where is there another city as great as this?"
Revelation 19:3
And again their voices rang out: "Praise the Lord ! The smoke from that city ascends forever and ever!"
Revelation 21:8
"But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars—their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto her, up, and let us be going,.... He spoke to her as supposing her asleep, in order to awake her, and prepare for their journey with all the haste they could, lest greater mischief should befall them:

but none answered; for she was dead; and her death was occasioned, as Josephus w says, partly through grief at what she had suffered, and partly through shame, not daring to come into the sight of her husband; but chiefly through the injuries done her by the number of persons that had lain with her: so it is reported x of the Thessalonians, when they took Phocis, many women were destroyed through the abundance of rapes committed upon them. To these Abarbinel adds, the cold of the night, being without her clothes, or anything to cover her:

then the man took her up upon an ass; and carried off her dead body, without making any remonstrance to the inhabitants, from whom he could not expect that any justice would be done him:

and the man rose up, and got him unto his place; to his city on one side Mount Ephraim, to which he made as much haste as he could, instead of going to the house of God at Shiloh, as he proposed; for now the circumstances of things were changed with him, and instead of sacrificing and giving praise to God in his house, his business was to seek for justice from the tribes of Israel.

w Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 5. c. 2. sect. 8.) x Herodot. Urania, sive, l. 8. c. 33.


 
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