Judges 19:2
And his concubine was unfaithful to him and went away to her father's house in Bethlehem in Judah and was there for four months.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
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.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And his concubine{H6370} played the harlot{H2181} against him, and went away{H3212} from him unto her father's{H1} house{H1004} to Beth-lehem-judah,{H1035} and was there the space of four{H702} months.{H2320}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And his concubine{H6370} played the whore{H2181}{(H8799)} against him, and went away{H3212}{(H8799)} from him unto her father's{H1} house{H1004} to Bethlehemjudah{H1035}{H3063}, and was there four{H702} whole months{H2320}{H3117}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
And wha she had played the harlot besyde him, she ranne fro him to hir fathers house vnto Bethleem Iuda, & was there foure monethes longe.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And his concubine played ye whore there, and went away from him vnto her fathers house to Beth-lehem Iudah, and there continued the space of foure moneths.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And his concubine played the whore by him, and went awaye from him vnto her fathers house to Bethlehem Iuda, and there continued foure monethes.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months.
Webster's Bible (1833)
His concubine played the prostitute against him, and went away from him to her father's house to Bethlehem Judah, and was there the space of four months.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
and commit whoredom against him doth his concubine, and she goeth from him unto the house of her father, unto Beth-Lehem-Judah, and is there days -- four months.
American Standard Version (1901)
And his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there the space of four months.
American Standard Version (1901)
And his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there the space of four months.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And his servant-wife was angry with him, and went away from him to her father's house at Beth-lehem-judah, and was there for four months.
World English Bible (2000)
His concubine played the prostitute against him, and went away from him to her father's house to Bethlehem Judah, and was there the space of four months.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
However, she got angry at him and went home to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months,
Referenced Verses
- Lev 21:9 : 9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the whore, she profanes her father: she shall be burned with fire.
- Deut 22:21 : 21 Then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones so that she dies, because she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel, to play the harlot in her father's house. So shall you put away the evil from among you.
- Ezek 16:28 : 28 You have played the harlot also with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable; yes, you have played the harlot with them, and yet could not be satisfied.
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
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1 In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite staying on the side of Mount Ephraim, who took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
- Judg 19:8-114 verses78%
8 He arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart, and the young woman's father said, "Please refresh yourself." And they lingered until the afternoon, and they both ate.
9 When the man arose to depart with his concubine and servant, his father-in-law, the young woman's father, said to him, "Look, now the day draws toward evening; please stay all night. Look, the day ends; lodge here, that your heart may be merry. Tomorrow go early on your way that you may go home."
10 But the man would not remain that night; he got up and departed and came opposite Jebus, which is Jerusalem, and with him were two saddled donkeys; his concubine also was with him.
11 When they were near Jebus, the day was far spent, and the servant said to his master, "Please come, let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites and lodge in it."
- Judg 19:3-53 verses78%
3 And her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, having his servant with him and a pair of donkeys. She brought him into her father's house, and when the young woman’s father saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
4 His father-in-law, the young woman's father, kept him, and he stayed with him three days: so they ate and drank and lodged there.
5 On the fourth day, when they woke up in the morning, he got up to depart, and the young woman's father said to his son-in-law, "Refresh yourself with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way."
- Judg 11:37-393 verses78%
37 And she said to her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.
38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
- Judg 19:22-309 verses78%
22 As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, surrounded the house, and beat at the door, and spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, "Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may know him."
23 And the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them, "No, my brothers, no, I beg you, do not act so wickedly, seeing this man has come into my house; do not do this disgraceful thing.
24 Behold, here is my daughter, a maiden, and his concubine; I will bring them out now, abuse them, and do to them what seems good to you; but do not do such a vile thing to this man."
25 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.
26 Then the woman came in the dawning of the day and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her lord was, until it was light.
27 Her lord rose up in the morning, opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way, and behold, the woman, his concubine, was fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
28 He said to her, "Get up, let us be going." But there was no answer. Then he put her on the donkey, and the man rose up and went to his place.
29 When he came into his house, he took a knife, laid hold of his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the coasts of Israel.
30 And so it was that all who saw it said, "Such a deed has not been done or seen from the day that the children of Israel came up from the land of Egypt until this day. Consider it, take counsel, and speak your minds."
- Judg 20:4-63 verses74%
4 And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house by night, and thought to have killed me; and my concubine they forced, that she is dead.
6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the territory of the inheritance of Israel, for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
- Gen 38:19-224 verses71%
19 Then she arose and went away, and taking off her veil, she put on her widow’s garments again.
20 Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, but he could not find her.
21 He asked the men of the place, Where is the prostitute who was by the roadside? They said, There has been no prostitute here.
22 So he returned to Judah and said, I could not find her; and the men of the place said there has been no prostitute there.
- 70%
24 About three months later, it was told Judah, Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot; moreover, she is pregnant by harlotry. Judah said, Bring her out, and let her be burned.
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14 And gives occasions of speech against her, and brings up an evil name upon her, and says, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a virgin.
- Ezek 23:17-193 verses69%
17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their harlotry, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.
18 So she uncovered her harlotries, and uncovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, just as my mind was alienated from her sister.
19 Yet she multiplied her harlotries, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, when she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
- Gen 38:15-162 verses69%
15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, because she had covered her face.
16 He turned to her by the roadside and said, Let me come in to you; for he did not know she was his daughter-in-law. She said, What will you give me, that you may come in to me?
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13 And she shall put off the clothes of her captivity and remain in your house, and mourn for her father and her mother a full month: and after that you shall go in to her, and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
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3 And David returned to his house in Jerusalem, and the king took the ten concubines whom he had left to keep the house and put them in confinement. He provided for them but did not go in to them. So they were shut up until the day of their death, living as widows.
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2 And when she has departed from his house, she may go and be another man's wife.
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9 And it came to pass through the frivolity of her whoredom, that she polluted the land and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
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1 After a while, during the wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a young goat; and he said, I will go in to my wife in the chamber. But her father would not allow him to enter.
- 2 Sam 16:21-222 verses69%
21 And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that you are abhorred by your father: then shall the hands of all who are with you be strong.
22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
- Judg 17:7-82 verses69%
7 And there was a young man out of Bethlehem in Judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he stayed there.
8 And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehem in Judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
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7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn to me. But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
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7 And she shall pursue her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then she shall say, I will go and return to my first husband; for it was better with me then than now.
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13 And a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is undetected, though she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her, nor is she caught in the act;
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1 And Israel stayed in Shittim, and the people began to commit immorality with the daughters of Moab.
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21 Then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones so that she dies, because she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel, to play the harlot in her father's house. So shall you put away the evil from among you.