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.


In Context

1 And it cometh to pass, in those days, when there is no king in Israel, that there is a man a Levite, a sojourner in the sides of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he taketh to him a wife, a concubine, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah;

2 and commit whoredom against him doth his concubine, and she goeth from him unto the house of her father, unto Beth-Lehem-Judah, and is there days — four months.

3 And her husband riseth and goeth after her, to speak unto her heart, to bring her back, and his young man is with him, and a couple of asses; and she bringeth him into the house of her father, and the father of the young woman seeth him, and rejoiceth to meet him.

4 And 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.

5 And it cometh to pass, on the fourth day, that they rise early in the morning, and he riseth to go, and the father of the young woman saith unto his son-in-law, 'Support thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward ye go on.'

6 And 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.'

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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:4His 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.

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.