4And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, |I came to Gib'e-ah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night.


In Context

1 Then all the people of Israel came out, from Dan to Beer-sheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled as one man to the LORD at Mizpah.

2 And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand men on foot that drew the sword.

3 (Now the Benjaminites heard that the people of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the people of Israel said, |Tell us, how was this wickedness brought to pass?|

4 And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, |I came to Gib'e-ah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night.

5 And the men of Gib'e-ah rose against me, and beset the house round about me by night; they meant to kill me, and they ravished my concubine, and she is dead.

6 And I took my concubine and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed abomination and wantonness in Israel.

Judges 20:4 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:4So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, said, "I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:4And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that [belongeth] to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:4Answered: I came into Gabaa of Benjamin with my wife, and there I lodged:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:4And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was murdered, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:4And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was murdered, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:4And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:4The Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered, |I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:4And the man, the Levite, husband of the woman who hath been murdered, answereth and saith, 'Into Gibeah (which is to Benjamin) I have come, I and my concubine, to lodge;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:4And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.