And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And the man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.
WEB
The man got up to depart, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.
YLT
And the man riseth to go, and his father-in-law presseth on him, and he turneth back and lodgeth there.
DBT
And the man rose up to depart, but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJudges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
- Date
- Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy