Judges 19:16
14 So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.
15 They stopped to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night.
That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.
17 When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where have you come from?”
18 The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD; but no one has taken me into his home,
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Da kom det ut på kvelden en gammel mann hjem fra sitt arbeid på marken. Mannen var fra Efra'im-fjellet og oppholdt seg som fremmed i Gibea; men folket der på stedet var benjaminitter.
- OTB
- Den kvelden kom en gammel mann inn fra sitt arbeid på markene. Han var fra fjellandet i Efraim og bodde i Gibea, selv om folket der var benjaminitter.
- B1930
- Da kom det ut på aftenen en gammel mann hjem fra sitt arbeid på marken. Mannen var fra Efra'im-fjellet og opholdt sig som fremmed i Gibea; men folket der på stedet var benjaminitter.
- BSB
- That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.
- KJV
- And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.
- WEB
- Behold, an old man came from his work out of the field at evening. Now the man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he lived in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.
- ASV
- And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even: now the man was of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.
- DARBY
- And behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even; and the man was of mount Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjaminites.
- BLB
- And behold, an old man came in from his work in the field at the evening. And the man [was] from the mountains of Ephraim, and he was staying in Gibeah, and the men of the place [were] Benjamites.
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Kryssreferanser
Psalms 104:23
Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 14:23
There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Les i sammenhengPsalms 128:2
For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
Les i sammenhengJudges 19:1
Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 24:27
Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
Les i sammenhengJudges 19:14
So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.
Les i sammenhengGenesis 3:19
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
Les i sammenhengEcclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.
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