Judges 19:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?”
Judges 19:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Judges 19:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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Judges 19:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, “Where are you going? Where did you come from?””
Judges 19:17 — World English Bible
Judges 19:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou? ”
Judges 19:17 — American Standard Version
Judges 19:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the man, the traveller, in a broad place of the city, and the aged man saith, `Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?'”
Judges 19:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Judges 19:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the open place of the city; and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou? ”
Judges 19:17 — Darby Translation
Judges 19:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And when he had lift vp his eyes, he sawe a wayfairing man in the streetes of the citie: then this olde man sayde, Whither goest thou, and whence camest thou?”
Judges 19:17 — Geneva Bible
Judges 19:17 in Context — Judges 19
15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.
16 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.
17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
18 And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth–lehem–judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth–lehem–judah, but I am now going to the house of the Lord; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.
19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.
What Does Judges 19:17 Mean?
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