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?


In Context

14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.

15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodge.

16 And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at evening, who was also of mount Ephraim; and he dwelt in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjaminites.

17 And 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?

18 And he said to him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-Judah towards the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth-lehem-judah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me into his house.

19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing:

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:17And 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?

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 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?