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.


In Context

1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah.

2 The chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen who drew sword.

3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) The children of Israel said, |Tell us, how did this wickedness happen?|

4 The Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered, |I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

5 The men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house by night. They thought to have slain me, and they forced my concubine, and she is dead.

6 I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.

Judges 20:4 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:4So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, said, "I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.

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 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.