Judges 19:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ His father-in-law, the young woman’s father, made him stay, and he remained with him three days; so they ate and drank, and he stayed 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ And 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.

Judges 19:4 Cross References

Genesis 24:55

Her brother and her mother said, “Let the young woman remain with us a while, at least ten days; after that she may go.”

Genesis 25:6

But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, while he was still living, and he sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward to the east country.

Judges 19:3

Then her husband set out after her, to speak tenderly to her and bring her back. He had with him his servant and a couple of donkeys. When he reached her father’s house, the young woman’s father saw him and came with joy to meet him.

Judges 19:5

On the fourth day they got up early in the morning, and he prepared to go, but the young woman’s father said to his son-in-law, “Fortify yourself with a bit of food, and after that you may go.”