Judges 19:25
But the men refused to listen to him. So the man seized his concubine and brought her outside to them. They raped her and abused her throughout the night until morning, and at dawn, they let her go.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
KJV1611 – Modern English
But the men would not listen to him. So the man took his concubine and brought her out to them; and they knew her and abused her all night until morning, and when the day began to dawn, they let her go.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
But the men{H582} would{H14} not hearken{H8085} to him: so the man{H376} laid{H2388} hold on his concubine,{H6370} and brought{H3318} her forth{H2351} unto them; and they knew{H3045} her, and abused{H5953} her all the night{H3915} until the morning:{H1242} and when the day{H7837} began to spring,{H5927} they let her go.{H7971}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
But the men{H582} would{H14}{(H8804)} not hearken{H8085}{(H8800)} to him: so the man{H376} took{H2388}{(H8686)} his concubine{H6370}, and brought{H3318}{(H8686)} her forth{H2351} unto them; and they knew{H3045}{(H8799)} her, and abused{H5953}{(H8691)} her all the night{H3915} until the morning{H1242}: and when the day{H7837} began to spring{H5927}{(H8800)}, they let her go{H7971}{(H8762)}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Neuertheles the men wolde not herken vnto him. Then toke ye man his concubine and broughte her forth vnto them: and they knewe her, and dealte shamefully with her all yt night vntill the mornynge. And whan the mornynge brake on, they let her go.
Geneva Bible (1560)
But the men woulde not hearken to him: therefore ye man tooke his concubine, & brought her out vnto them: and they knewe her and abused her all the night vnto the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her goe.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
But the men woulde not hearken to hym: And the man toke his concubine, and brought her out vnto them, whiche knewe her, and abused her al the night, euen vnto the mornyng: and when the day began to spryng, they let her go.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
Webster's Bible (1833)
But the men wouldn't listen to him: so the man laid hold on his concubine, and brought her forth to them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And the men have not been willing to hearken to him, and the man taketh hold on his concubine, and bringeth `her' out unto them without, and they know her, and roll themselves upon her all the night, till the morning, and send her away in the ascending of the dawn;
American Standard Version (1901)
But the men would not hearken to him: so the man laid hold on his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
American Standard Version (1901)
But the men would not hearken to him: so the man laid hold on his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
But the men would not give ear to him: so the man took his woman and sent her out to them; and they took her by force, using her for their pleasure all night till the morning; and when dawn came they let her go.
World English Bible (2000)
But the men wouldn't listen to him: so the man laid hold of his concubine, and brought her out to them; and they had sex with her, and abused her all night until the morning: and when the day began to dawn, they let her go.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The men refused to listen to him, so the Levite grabbed his concubine and made her go outside. They raped her and abused her all night long until morning. They let her go at dawn.
Referenced Verses
- Gen 4:1 : 1 Adam was intimate with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, 'I have acquired a man with the help of the LORD.'
- Jer 5:7-8 : 7 How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by false gods. I satisfied them, but they committed adultery and gathered at the houses of prostitutes. 8 They were like well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing for his neighbor's wife.
- Hos 7:4-7 : 4 They are all adulterers, burning like an oven heated by the baker, who pauses from stirring the dough until it is leavened. 5 On the day of our king, the princes became inflamed with wine, and the king stretched out his hand to mockers. 6 Their hearts are like an oven as they plot; all night their anger smolders, in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire. 7 All of them are hot like an oven; they devour their rulers. All their kings fall, and none call on me.
- Hos 9:9 : 9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity; He will punish their sins.
- Hos 10:9 : 9 From the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, Israel, and there they have remained. Will not war overtake them in Gibeah because of their wickedness?
- Eph 4:19 : 19 They have become callous and have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- Judg 19:21-244 verses86%
21 He brought him into his house and provided fodder for the donkeys. They washed their feet, ate, and drank.
22 While they were enjoying themselves, some wicked men of the city surrounded the house. They pounded on the door and said to the old man, the owner of the house, "Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him."
23 The owner of the house went out to them and said, "No, my brothers, do not commit such an evil act. Since this man has come into my house, do not do this disgraceful act.
24 Look, here is my virgin daughter and his concubine. Let me bring them out to you now, and you may abuse them and do to them whatever you think best. But do not commit this disgraceful act against this man.
- Judg 19:26-305 verses84%
26 At daybreak, the woman came and fell at the doorway of the man's house where her master was staying, and she lay there until it was light.
27 Her master got up in the morning, opened the doors of the house, and went out to continue on his way. There was the woman, his concubine, lying at the doorway of the house with her hands on the threshold.
28 He said to her, "Get up, let us go." But there was no answer. So he put her on the donkey, and the man set out for home.
29 When he reached his house, he took a knife and cut up his concubine limb by limb into twelve pieces and sent them throughout the territory of Israel.
30 Everyone who saw it said, "Nothing like this has ever happened or been seen since the day the Israelites came up from the land of Egypt until now. Think it over, take counsel, and speak up!"
- Judg 19:8-114 verses82%
8 On the fifth day, he got up early in the morning to leave, but the woman’s father said, “Please refresh yourself and wait until the day declines.” So the two of them ate together.
9 When the man, his concubine, and his servant arose to leave, his father-in-law, the woman’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Stay here tonight; the day is almost over. Spend the night here, and let your heart be content. You can rise early tomorrow and continue on your way home.”
10 But the man was unwilling to stay the night. He got up and left, arriving near Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). He had with him a pair of saddled donkeys and his concubine.
11 When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Come, let us turn aside to this city of the Jebusites and stay the night there.”
- Judg 20:3-64 verses81%
3 The people of Benjamin heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. The Israelites said, "Tell us, how did this terrible crime happen?"
4 The Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered, "My concubine and I came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.
5 While we were there, the men of Gibeah attacked me. They surrounded the house during the night and intended to kill me. They raped my concubine, and she died.
6 I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent them throughout the territory of Israel because they committed a vile and disgraceful act in Israel.
- Judg 19:1-33 verses78%
1 In those days, there was no king in Israel. There was a Levite living temporarily in the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, and he took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah.
2 But his concubine was unfaithful to him and left him, going to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. She stayed there for four months.
3 Then her husband arose and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back. He took with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. When he arrived at her father’s house, the woman’s father saw him and was glad to welcome him.
- Gen 19:8-114 verses75%
8 Look, I have two daughters who have never been with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do to them whatever seems good to you. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof."
9 They replied, "Get out of the way! This man came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to act as a judge! We’ll treat you worse than them." They pressed hard against Lot and moved forward to break down the door.
10 But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot back into the house with them, and shut the door.
11 Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, both young and old, with blindness so that they could not find the doorway.
- Gen 19:4-63 verses75%
4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house.
5 They called to Lot and said, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so we can have relations with them."
6 Lot went outside to meet them, closing the door behind him.
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14 But he refused to listen to her, and being stronger than she, he forced her and lay with her.
- Judg 19:14-163 verses72%
14 So they passed on and continued their journey. The sun set as they came near Gibeah, which belongs to the tribe of Benjamin.
15 They turned aside there to go in and spend the night in Gibeah. When they went in, they sat in the town square, but no one took them into their house to spend the night.
16 In the evening, an old man came in from his work in the field. He was from the hill country of Ephraim and was staying temporarily in Gibeah, though the people of the place were Benjaminites.
- Deut 22:23-253 verses72%
23 If there is a young woman who is a virgin betrothed to a man, and another man finds her in the city and lies with her,
24 then you shall bring both of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death: the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he violated another man’s wife. You must purge the evil from among you.
25 But if a man finds a betrothed young woman in the countryside, and forces her and lies with her, only the man who has done this shall die.
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14 accusing her of misconduct and giving her a bad name by saying, 'I married this woman, but when I came to her, I did not find proof of her virginity,'
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2 He said, "Please, my lords, turn aside to your servant’s house. Spend the night and wash your feet; then you can rise early and be on your way." But they said, "No, we will spend the night in the square."
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35 So they got their father to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in and lay with him. Again, he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
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27 For he found her in the field, and though the betrothed young woman cried out for help, there was no one to rescue her.
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21 then they shall bring the young woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones. She has committed a disgraceful act in Israel by being promiscuous while in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from among you.
- Gen 19:15-162 verses70%
15 With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished."
16 When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand, the hands of his wife, and the hands of his two daughters, and led them safely out of the city, for the LORD was merciful to them.
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5 At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate, the men left, and I don’t know where they went. Pursue them quickly, and you might catch up with them!"
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20 If a man has sexual relations with a woman who is a slave designated for another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be an inquiry, but they are not to be put to death because she had not been freed.
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14 she called her household servants and said to them, "Look, this Hebrew man has been brought to us to mock us! He came to me to lie with me, but I screamed loudly.
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33 That night, they made their father drink wine, and the older daughter went in and lay with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
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14 So she lay at his feet until morning but got up before anyone could recognize another. For he said, 'Let it not be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.'
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18 The elders of that city shall take the man and discipline him.
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25 He showed them the way into the city, and they struck the city with the sword but let the man and his family go free.
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16 He turned aside to her by the roadside and said, 'Come now, let me sleep with you.' He did not know she was his daughter-in-law. She asked, 'What will you give me to sleep with you?'