Judges 19:7
5 On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to depart, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and then you can go.”
6 So they sat down and the two of them ate and drank together. Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Please agree to stay overnight and let your heart be merry.”
The man got up to depart, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.
8 On the fifth day, he got up early in the morning to depart, but the girl’s father said, “Please refresh your heart.” So they waited until late afternoon and the two of them ate.
9 When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The man got up to depart, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.
- KJV
- And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.
- WEB
- The man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he stayed there again.
- ASV
- And the man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.
- DARBY
- And the man rose up to depart, but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.
- BLB
- And the man stood to depart, and his father-in-law urged him, and again he lodged there.
- ÅB
- Og da mannen reiste seg og ville ta avsted, nødde svigerfaren ham, så han gav etter og ble der natten over.
- OTB
- Da mannen reiste seg for å dra, overtalte hans svigerfar ham, og han ble en natt til.
- B1930
- Og da mannen reiste sig og vilde ta avsted, nødde svigerfaren ham, så han gav efter og blev der natten over.