4And 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.


In Context

1 In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was sojourning in the remote parts of the hill country of E'phraim, who took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

2 And his concubine became angry with him, and she went away from him to her father's house at Bethlehem in Judah, and was there some four months.

3 Then her husband arose and went after her, to speak kindly to her and bring her back. He had with him his servant and a couple of asses. And he came to her father's house; and when the girl's father saw him, he came with joy to meet him.

4 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.

5 And on the fourth day they arose early in the morning, and he prepared to go; but the girl's father said to his son-in-law, |Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and after that you may go.|

6 So the two men sat and ate and drank together; and the girl's father said to the man, |Be pleased to spend the night, and let your heart be merry.|

Judges 19:4 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:4His father-in-law, the girl's father, prevailed upon him to stay; so he remained with him three days, eating and drinking, and sleeping there.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:4And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:4And embraced the man. And the son in law tarried in the house of his father in law three days, eating with him and drinking familiarly.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:4And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:4And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:4And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:4His 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:4And 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:4And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he stayed with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.