Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
As the old man looked up and saw the traveling man in the public square of the city, he asked, "Now then, where are you headed? And where are you from?"
New American Standard Bible
And he lifted up his eyes and saw the traveler in the open square of the city; and the old man said, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?”
King James Version
And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
Holman Bible
When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?”
A Conservative Version
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city. And the old man said, Where do thou go? And from where do thou come?
American Standard Version
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
Amplified
When he looked up, he saw the traveler [and his companions] in the city square; and the old man said, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?”
Bible in Basic English
And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from?
Darby Translation
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfarer in the open square of the city; and the old man said, "Where are you going? and whence do you come?"
Julia Smith Translation
And he will lift up his eyes and will see the man of the way in the street of the city: and the old man will say, Whither wilt thou go? and from whence wilt thou come?
King James 2000
And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, where do you go? and from where do you come?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the old man raised his eyes and saw the traveler in the open square of the city, and he said, "Where are you going, and from where do you come?"
Modern King James verseion
And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a traveler in the streets of the city. And the old man said, Where do you go, and where do you come from?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And when he had lifted up his eyes, and saw a wayfaring man in the streets of the city he said, "Whither goest thou? And whence comest thou?"
NET Bible
When he looked up and saw the traveler in the town square, the old man said, "Where are you heading? Where do you come from?"
New Heart English Bible
He lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, "Where are you going? Where did you come from?"
The Emphasized Bible
So he lifted up his eyes, and saw a wayfaring man in the broadway of the city, - and the old man said - Whither goest thou? and from whence hast thou come?
Webster
And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a way-faring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
World English Bible
He lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, "Where are you going? Where did you come from?"
Youngs Literal Translation
And he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the man, the traveller, in a broad place of the city, and the aged man saith, 'Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?'
Themes
Beneficence » Instances of » The old man of gibeah
Gibeah » Of saul » The people's wickedness
Travelers » Called way-faring men
Travelers » Were frequently asked whence they came and whither they went
Interlinear
Nasa'
`ayin
Ra'ah
'iysh
אישׁ
'iysh
Usage: 692
Yalak
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 19:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Concubine And The Levite
16 After they entered the city, they had to sit down in the public square because no one would take them into their home for the night. Just then, an old man was coming out of the fields that evening from work. The man was from the mountainous region of Ephraim and had been staying in Gibeah, even though the men of that place were descendants of Benjamin. 17 As the old man looked up and saw the traveling man in the public square of the city, he asked, "Now then, where are you headed? And where are you from?" 18 He replied, "We're traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote part of the mountainous region of Ephraim, because I'm from there, and I've been visiting Bethlehem in Judah. I'm going home now, but no one will take me into his home.
Cross References
Genesis 16:8
"Hagar, servant of Sarai," he asked, "Where are you coming from and where are you going?" She answered, "I am running away from my mistress Sarai."
Genesis 32:17
To the first group he said, "When you meet my brother Esau, if he asks, "To whom do you belong? Where are you going? And to whom do these herds belong?'