6So 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.|


In Context

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.|

7 And when the man rose up to go, his father-in-law urged him, till he lodged there again.

8 And on the fifth day he arose early in the morning to depart; and the girl's father said, |Strengthen your heart, and tarry until the day declines.| So they ate, both of them.

Judges 19:6 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:6So the two of them sat down to eat and drink together. Afterward the girl's father said, "Please stay tonight and enjoy yourself."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:6And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel’s father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:6And they sat down together, and ate and drank. And the father of the young woman said to his son in law: I beseech thee to stay here to day, and let us make merry together.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:6So they sat down, and did eat and drink, both of them together: and the damsel's father said unto the man, Be pleased, I pray thee, to tarry all night, and let thy heart be merry.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:6So they sat down, and did eat and drink, both of them together: and the damsel's father said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:6And they sat down, and ate and drank both of them together: for the damsel's father had said to the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thy heart be merry.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:6So they sat down, ate, and drank, both of them together: and the young lady's father said to the man, |Please be pleased to stay all night, and let your heart be merry.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:6And they sit and eat both of them together, and drink, and the father of the young woman saith unto the man, 'Be willing, I pray thee, and lodge all night, and let thy heart be glad.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:6And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's father had said to the man, Be content, I pray you, and tarry all night, and let your heart be merry.