Judges 19:4
Judges 19:1-4 The Message (MSG)
It was an era when there was no king in Israel. A Levite, living as a stranger in the backwoods hill country of Ephraim, got himself a concubine, a woman from Bethlehem in Judah. But she quarreled with him and left, returning to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. She was there four months. Then her husband decided to go after her and try to win her back. He had a servant and a pair of donkeys with him. When he arrived at her father’s house, the girl’s father saw him, welcomed him, and made him feel at home. His father-in-law, the girl’s father, pressed him to stay. He stayed with him three days; they feasted and drank and slept.
Judges 19:4 King James Version (KJV)
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.
Judges 19:4 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
His father-in-law, the girl’s father, detained him; and he remained with him three days. So they ate and drank and lodged there.
Judges 19:4 New Century Version (NCV)
The father-in-law, the young woman’s father, asked him to stay. So he stayed for three days and ate, drank, and slept there.
Judges 19:4 American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Judges 19:4 New International Version (NIV)
His father-in-law, the woman’s father, prevailed on him to stay; so he remained with him three days, eating and drinking, and sleeping there.
Judges 19:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
Now his father-in-law, the young woman’s father, detained him; and he stayed with him three days. So they ate and drank and lodged there.
Judges 19:4 Amplified Bible (AMP)
So his father-in-law, the girl’s father, detained him; and he stayed there with him for three days. So they ate and drank, and he lodged there.
Judges 19:4 New Living Translation (NLT)
Her father urged him to stay awhile, so he stayed three days, eating, drinking, and sleeping there.