Judges 20:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ The Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered, “I came to Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, replied, I came to Gibeah which belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was murdered, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

Common English Bible

⁴ So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered, “My secondary wife and I came to Gibeah of Benjamin to spend the night,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ responded: "I went to Gibeah of Benjamin, with my wife, and I diverted to that place.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ Answered: I came into Gabaa of Benjamin with my wife, and there I lodged:

Judges 20:4 Cross References

Judges 20:3

(Now the Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites said, “Tell us, how did this criminal act come about?”

Judges 20:5

The lords of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house at night. They intended to kill me, and they raped my concubine until she died.