Judges 19:7

Judges 19:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.
• New International Version (NIV)And when the man got up to go, his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when the man rose up to go, his father-in-law pressed him, till he spent the night there again.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And when the man stood to depart, his father-in-law urged him; so he lodged there again.

Context of Judges 19:7

5Now on the fourth day they woke up early in the morning, and he rose up to depart, but the young woman’s father said to his son-in-law, “Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward you may go.” 6So the two of them sat down and ate and drank together. Then the young woman’s father said to the man, “Please, be willing to spend the night, and let your heart be merry.” Then the man rose up to depart, but his father-in-law urged him, so he lodged there again. 8Then he woke up early in the morning on the fifth day to depart, but the young woman’s father said, “Please, strengthen yourself and tarry until afternoon!” So both of them ate. 9And when the man rose up to depart, he and his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the young woman’s father, said to him, “Behold now, the day is waning toward evening; please, spend the night. Behold, the day is drawing to a close; lodge here and let your heart be merry. Then tomorrow get up early for your journey so that you may go home.”

Judges 19:7 word by word

וַיָּ֥קָם הָאִ֖ישׁ לָלֶ֑כֶת וַיִּפְצַר־בּוֹ֙ חֹתְנ֔וֹ וַיָּ֖שָׁב וַיָּ֥לֶן שָֽׁם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And when the manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• rose upקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• to departיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• his father in lawחֹתֵןchâthan · relativeH2859
• urgedפָּצַרpâtsar · to pressH6484
• him: therefore he lodgedלוּןlûn lîyn · to lodgeH3885
• there againשׁוּבshûb · to return: againH7725

Commentaries on Judges 19:7

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7Some suggest the delay in leaving is like Samson’s seven-day bridal feast (Judges 14:10–20). However, it may simply show the father's reluctance to say goodbye to his daughter.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-151. it came to pass in those days--The painfully interesting episode that follows, together with the intestine commotion the report of it produced throughout the country, belongs to the same early period of anarchy and prevailing disorder. a certain Levite ... took to him a concubine--The priests under the Mosaic law enjoyed the privilege of marrying as well as other classes of the people. It was no disreputable connection this Levite had formed; for a…Read the comment

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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