Judges 19:25

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.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • 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 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
  • Jer 5:7-8 : 7 How shall I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. 8 They were like well-fed horses in the morning: everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife.
  • Hos 7:4-7 : 4 They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by the baker, who ceases from stirring after he has kneaded the dough, until it is leavened. 5 On the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he reaches out his hand with scorners. 6 For they prepare their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleeps all the night; in the morning it burns like a flaming fire. 7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings have fallen: there is none among them that calls unto me.
  • Hos 9:9 : 9 They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
  • Hos 10:9 : 9 O Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.
  • Eph 4:19 : 19 Who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness 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 19:21-24
    4 verses
    86%

    21So he brought him into his house and fed the donkeys, and they washed their feet, and ate and drank.

    22As 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."

    23And 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.

    24Behold, 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."

  • Judg 19:26-30
    5 verses
    84%

    26Then 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.

    27Her 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.

    28He 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.

    29When 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.

    30And 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 19:8-11
    4 verses
    82%

    8He 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.

    9When 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."

    10But 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.

    11When 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 20:3-6
    4 verses
    81%

    3(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpeh.) Then the children of Israel said, Tell us, how did this wickedness occur?

    4And 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.

    5And 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.

    6And 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.

  • Judg 19:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1In 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.

    2And his concubine was unfaithful to him and went away to her father's house in Bethlehem in Judah and was there for four months.

    3And 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.

  • Gen 19:8-11
    4 verses
    75%

    8Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; let me, I pray you, bring them to you, and do to them as seems good in your eyes: only do nothing to these men; for they have come under the shadow of my roof.

    9And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one came here to stay, and he will act as a judge: now we will deal worse with you than with them. And they pressed hard against Lot, and came near to break the door.

    10But the men reached out their hands, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

    11And they struck the men at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they tired themselves trying to find the door.

  • Gen 19:4-6
    3 verses
    75%

    4But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.

    5And they called to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may know them.

    6And Lot went out to them at the door, and shut the door after him.

  • 2 Sam 13:14
    73%

    14However, he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.

  • Judg 19:14-16
    3 verses
    72%

    14So they passed on and went their way, and the sun went down upon them when they were near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.

    15They turned aside there to go in to lodge in Gibeah, and when he went in, he sat down in a street of the city, for there was no one who took them into his house to lodge.

    16And behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at evening, who was also from Mount Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.

  • Deut 22:23-25
    3 verses
    72%

    23If a young woman who is a virgin is betrothed to a husband, and a man finds her in the city and lies with her,

    24Then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them with stones so that they die; the young woman because she did not cry out, being in the city; and the man because he has humbled his neighbor's wife; so you shall put away the evil from among you.

    25But if a man finds a betrothed young woman in the field, and the man forces her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.

  • Deut 22:14
    72%

    14And 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.

  • Gen 19:2
    71%

    2And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and spend the night, and wash your feet, and you shall rise early and go on your way. And they said, No; but we will stay in the street all night.

  • Gen 19:35
    71%

    35And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he did not perceive when she lay down, nor when she arose.

  • Deut 22:27
    71%

    27For he found her in the field and the betrothed young woman cried out, and there was no one to save her.

  • Deut 22:21
    70%

    21Then 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.

  • Gen 19:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15And when the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

    16And while he lingered, the men grabbed his hand, his wife's hand, and the hands of his two daughters, the LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.

  • Josh 2:5
    70%

    5And it came to pass about the time of closing the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: where the men went I do not know: pursue after them quickly; for you shall overtake them.

  • Lev 19:20
    70%

    20And whoever lies carnally with a woman who is a bondmaid, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

  • Gen 39:14
    70%

    14That she called the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to mock us; he came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice:

  • Gen 19:33
    70%

    33So they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he did not perceive when she lay down, nor when she arose.

  • Ruth 3:14
    69%

    14And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before anyone could recognize another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.

  • Deut 22:18
    69%

    18And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him.

  • Judg 1:25
    69%

    25And when he showed them the entrance into the city, they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.

  • Gen 38:16
    68%

    16He 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?