4His father-in-law, the young lady's father, retained him; and he stayed with him three days: so they ate and drink, and lodged there.


In Context

1 It happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite living on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehem Judah.

2 His concubine played the prostitute against him, and went away from him to her father's house to Bethlehem Judah, and was there the space of four months.

3 Her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly to her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of donkeys: and she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the young lady saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

4 His father-in-law, the young lady's father, retained him; and he stayed with him three days: so they ate and drink, and lodged there.

5 It happened on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart: and the young lady's father said to his son-in-law, |Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward you shall go your way.|

6 So 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.|

Judges 19:4 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:4His 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.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:4And his father in law, the damsel’s father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:4And embraced the man. And the son in law tarried in the house of his father in law three days, eating with him and drinking familiarly.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:4And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:4And his father-in-law, the girl's father, made him stay, and he remained with him three days; so they ate and drank, and lodged there.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:4And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:4And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they ate and drank, and lodged there.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:4And keep hold on him doth his father-in-law, father of the young woman, and he abideth with him three days, and they eat and drink, and lodge there.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:4And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he stayed with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.