But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son, let us not all go, or else we will be burdensome to you.” He pressed him, but he would not go but gave him his blessing.
Judges 19:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 When the man got up to go, his father-in-law kept urging him until he spent the night there again. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when the man rose up to depart, his father-in-law urged him; so he lodged there again. American Standard Version (1901) And the man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again. Common English Bible When the man got ready to set out, his father-in-law persuaded him, and he spent the night there again. Catholic Public Domain Version But getting up, he intended to begin to set out. But nevertheless, his father-in-law pressed him resolutely, and made him remain with him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he rising up began to be for departing. And nevertheless his father-in-law earnestly pressed him, and made him stay with him. |
But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son, let us not all go, or else we will be burdensome to you.” He pressed him, but he would not go but gave him his blessing.
So the two men sat and ate and drank together, and the young woman’s father said to the man, “Why not spend the night and enjoy yourself?”
On the fifth day he got up early in the morning to leave, and the young woman’s father said, “Fortify yourself and linger until the day declines.” So the two of them ate.