Judges 19:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ His father-in-law, the girl’s father, detained him, and he stayed with him for three days. They ate, drank, and spent the nights there.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And his father-in-law, the girl's father, [insistently] detained him, and he remained with him three days. So they ate and drank, and he lodged there.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And 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.

Common English Bible

⁴ Since his father-in-law, the young woman’s father, insisted, he stayed with him three days, eating, drinking, and spending the night there.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And he embraced the man. And the son-in-law stayed in the house of his father-in-law for three days, eating and drinking with him in a friendly manner.

Judges 19:4 Cross References

Genesis 24:55

But her brother and mother said, ‘Let the girl stay with us for about ten days. Then she  can go.’

Genesis 25:6

But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines, and while he was still alive he sent them eastwards, away from his son Isaac, to the land of the East.

Judges 19:3

Then her husband got up and followed her to speak kindly to her  and bring her back. He had his servant with him and a pair of donkeys. So she brought him to her father’s house, and when the girl’s father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.

Judges 19:5

On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to go, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, ‘Have something to eat to keep up your strength  and then you can go.’