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


In Context

3 her husband went to her to persuade her to return. He had with him his servant and two donkeys. She took him into her father's house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.

4 His 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.

5 On the fourth day they got up early and he prepared to leave, but the girl's father said to his son-in-law, "Refresh yourself with something to eat; then you can go."

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

7 And when the man got up to go, his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.

8 On the morning of the fifth day, when he rose to go, the girl's father said, "Refresh yourself. Wait till afternoon!" So the two of them ate together.

Judges 19:6 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:6So 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.|

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.