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


In Context

1 Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out as one man and assembled before the LORD in Mizpah.

2 The leaders of all the people of the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand soldiers armed with swords.

3 (The Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) Then the Israelites said, "Tell us how this awful thing happened."

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

5 During the night the men of Gibeah came after me and surrounded the house, intending to kill me. They raped my concubine, and she died.

6 I took my concubine, cut her into pieces and sent one piece to each region of Israel's inheritance, because they committed this lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.

Judges 20:4 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:4And 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.

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.