Judges 19:12 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 19:12

But his master replied, “We will not turn aside to the city of foreigners, where there are no Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside into the city of a foreigner, that is not of the children of Israel; but we will pass over to Gibeah.

KJV

And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

City of a stranger - This shows how completely, even in these early days, the Jebusite population had excluded both the tribes of Judah and Benjamin.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Jebus being still, though not entirely (Jud 1:8) in the possession of the old inhabitants, the Levite resisted the advice of his attendant to enter it and determined rather to press forward to pass the night in Gibeah, which he knew was occupied by Israelites. The distance from Beth-lehem to Jerusalem is about six miles.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֵלָיו֙	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
אֲדֹנָ֔יו	'a.do.Nav	master<s> his	H113 →
לֹ֤א	lo'	not	H3808 →
נָסוּר֙	na.Sur	we will turn aside	H5493 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
עִ֣יר	'ir	a city	H5892 →
נָכְרִ֔י	na.khe.Ri	foreign	H5237 →
אֲשֶׁ֛ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
מִבְּנֵ֥י	mi.be.Nei	[are] of [the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
הֵ֑נָּה	He.nah	they	H2007 →
וְעָבַ֖רְנוּ	ve.'a.Var.nu	and we will pass on	H5674 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
גִּבְעָֽה׃	giv.'Ah	Gibeah	H1390 →