Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And keep hold on him doth his father-in-law, father of the young woman, and he abideth with him three days, and they eat and drink, and lodge there.
New American Standard Bible
His father-in-law, the girl’s father, detained him; and he remained with him three days. So they ate and drank and lodged there.
King James Version
And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
Holman Bible
His father-in-law, the girl’s father, detained him, and he stayed with him for three days. They ate, drank, and spent the nights there.
International Standard Version
The young woman's father (that is, his father-in-law) made him stay there for three days while they ate and drank during his visit there.
A Conservative Version
And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him, and he abode with him three days. So they ate and drank, and lodged there.
American Standard Version
And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
Amplified
So his father-in-law, the girl’s father, detained him; and he stayed there with him for three days. So they ate and drank, and he lodged there.
Bible in Basic English
And his father-in-law, the girl's father, kept him there for three days; and they had food and drink and took their rest there.
Darby Translation
And his father-in-law, the girl's father, made him stay, and he remained with him three days; so they ate and drank, and lodged there.
Julia Smith Translation
And his father-in-law, the girl's father, will hold fast upon him, and he will dwell with, him three days: and they will eat and drink and lodge there.
King James 2000
And his father-in-law, the young woman's father, detained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
Lexham Expanded Bible
His father-in-law, the young woman's father, urged him to stay with him three days; and they ate and drank, and they spent the night there.
Modern King James verseion
And his father-in-law, the girl's father, kept him. And he stayed with him three days. So they ate and drank and stayed there.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, kept him that he abode with him three days and so they ate and drank and lodged there.
NET Bible
His father-in-law, the girl's father, persuaded him to stay with him for three days, and they ate and drank together, and spent the night there.
New Heart English Bible
His father-in-law, the young lady's father, welcomed him; and he stayed with him three days. So they ate and drank and stayed there.
The Emphasized Bible
And his father-in-law, the father of the damsel, constrained him, and he abode with him three days, - and they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
Webster
And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they ate and drank, and lodged there.
World English Bible
His father-in-law, the young lady's father, retained him; and he stayed with him three days: so they ate and drink, and lodged there.
Themes
Adultery » Forgiveness of. Instances of
Concubinage » Laws concerning » Called wives
Father-in-law » Hospitable to son-in-law, a man of bethlehem-judah
Interlinear
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Chazaq
Yashab
Shalowsh
Yowm
References
American
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 19:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Concubine And The Levite
3 And her husband riseth and goeth after her, to speak unto her heart, to bring her back, and his young man is with him, and a couple of asses; and she bringeth him into the house of her father, and the father of the young woman seeth him, and rejoiceth to meet him. 4 And keep hold on him doth his father-in-law, father of the young woman, and he abideth with him three days, and they eat and drink, and lodge there. 5 And it cometh to pass, on the fourth day, that they rise early in the morning, and he riseth to go, and the father of the young woman saith unto his son-in-law, 'Support thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward ye go on.'