17And the old man lifting up his eyes, saw the man sitting with his bundles in the street of the city, and said to him: Whence comest thou? and whither goest thou?


In Context

14 So they passed by Jebus, and went on their journey, and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gabaa, which is in the tribe of Benjamin:

15 And they turned into it, to lodge there. And when they were come in, they sat in the street of the city, for no man would receive them to lodge.

16 And behold they saw an old man, returning out of the field and from his work in the evening, and he also was of mount Ephraim, and dwelt as a stranger in Gabaa; but the men of that country were the children of Jemini.

17 And the old man lifting up his eyes, saw the man sitting with his bundles in the street of the city, and said to him: Whence comest thou? and whither goest thou?

18 He answered him: We came out from Bethlehem Juda, and we are going to our home, which is on the side of mount Ephraim, from whence we went to Bethlehem: and now we go to the house of God, and none will receive us under his roof:

19 We have straw and hay for provender of the asses, and bread and wine for the use of myself and of thy handmaid, and of the servant that is with me: we want nothing but lodging.

Judges 19:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:17When he looked and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, "Where are you going? Where did you come from?"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:17And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:17And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:17And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfarer in the open square of the city; and the old man said, |Where are you going? and whence do you come?|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:17And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:17And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a way-faring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:17He lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, |Where are you going? Where did you come from?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:17And he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the man, the traveller, in a broad place of the city, and the aged man saith, 'Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:17And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Where go you? and from where come you?