Judges 19:16

What does Judges 19:16 mean?

A plain-English look at Judges 19:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even: now the man was of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even: now the man was of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Now when it was evening they saw an old man coming back from his work in the fields; he was from the hill-country of Ephraim and was living in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And lo, a man, an aged one, hath come from his work from the field in the evening, and the man <FI>is<Fi> of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he <FI>is<Fi> a sojourner in Gibeah, and the men of the place <FI>are<Fi> Benjamites.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And behold they saw an old man, returning out of the field and from his work in the evening, and he also was of mount Ephraim, and dwelt as a stranger in Gabaa; but the men of that country were the children of Jemini.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even; and the man was of mount Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjaminites.

Context

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

v.16This passage

v.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?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 3:19

    in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

  • Judges 19:1

    And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.

  • Proverbs 14:23

    In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lipstendethonly to penury.

  • Ecclesiastes 1:13

    And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

  • Proverbs 13:11

    Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.

  • Psalms 128:2

    For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

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