Judges 19:25

Judges 19:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
• New International Version (NIV)But the men would not listen to him. So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine and made her go out to them. And they knew her and abused her all night until the morning. And as the dawn began to break, they let her go.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But the men would not heed him. So the man took his concubine and brought her out to them. And they knew her and abused her all night until morning; and when the day began to break, they let her go.

Context of Judges 19:25

23But the man, the owner of the house, went out to them and said to them, “No, my fellows, please don’t do this evil. After all, this man has come into my house. Don’t commit this disgraceful deed. 24Look, here is my virgin daughter, and his concubine—I will bring them out to you now, and you may abuse them and do to them whatever pleases you, but don’t do such a degrading thing to this man!” But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine and brought her out to them, and they raped her and abused her all the night until morning. When dawn broke, they let her go. 26As the morning came, the woman came and fell down at the doorway of the man’s house where her master was, until it was full daylight. 27When her master rose up in the morning opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way, behold, the woman his concubine had collapsed at the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold.

Judges 19:25 word by word

וְלֹֽא־אָב֤וּ הָאֲנָשִׁים֙ לִשְׁמֹ֣עַֽ ל֔וֹ וַיַּחֲזֵ֤ק הָאִישׁ֙ בְּפִ֣ילַגְשׁ֔וֹ וַיֹּצֵ֥א אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם הַח֑וּץ וַיֵּדְע֣וּ א֠וֹתָהּ וַיִּֽתְעַלְּלוּ־בָ֤הּ כָּל־הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ עַד־הַבֹּ֔קֶר וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֖וּהָ כַּעֲל֥וֹת הַשָּֽׁחַר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But the menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• wouldאָבָה'âbâh · be willingH14
• not hearkenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• to him: so the manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• tookחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: holdH2388
• his concubineפִּלֶ֫גֶשׁpîylegesh pilegesh · concubineH6370
• and broughtיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• her forthחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• unto them; and they knewיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• her, and abusedעָלַל‛âlal · to abuseH5953
• her all the nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• until the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• and when the dayשַׁ֫חַרshachar · dawnH7837
• began to springעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: dawnH5927
• they let her goשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: let goH7971

Cross-references for Judges 19:25

• Genesis 4:1Now the man had relations with Eve his wife and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “I produced a man with Adonai.”
• Jeremiah 5:7“Why therefore should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by those who are not gods. Even though I fed them well, they committed adultery and thronged to the prostitute houses.
• Hosea 7:4All of them are practicing adultery, as an oven heated by a baker who stops stirring or kneading dough when it is leavened.
• Hosea 9:9They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity, He will punish their sin.
• Hosea 10:9“From the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, O Israel. There they took their stand. Will not war over sons of iniquity overtake them in Gibeah?
• Ephesians 4:19Since they are past feeling, they have turned themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of immorality, with greed for more.

Commentaries on Judges 19:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25So the man took his concubine - The word יחזק yachazek, which we here translate simply took, signifies rather to take or seize by violence. The woman would not go out to them; but her graceless husband forced her to go, in order that he might save his own body. He could have but little love for her, and this was the cause of their separation before. The men of Gibeah who wished to abuse the body of the Levite; the Levite who wished to save his body at the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25Compare the guidance given to husbands in Ephesians 5:25–28.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2822-24. certain sons of Belial beset the house--The narrative of the horrid outrage that was committed; of the proposal of the old man; the unfeeling, careless, and in many respects, inexplicable conduct of the Levite towards his wife, disclose a state of morality that would have appeared incredible, did it not rest on the testimony of the sacred historian. Both men ought to have protected the women in the house, even though at the expense of their lives…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 19:25

• Adultery
• Gibeah
• Homicide
• Lasciviousness
• Rape

In the dictionaries

• Beat
• Diligent
• Gibeah
• Micah
• Wayfaring
• Wolf
• Abuse
• Bethlehem
• Dayspring
• Forth

Commentaries on Judges 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary