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Judges 19:6-8
New English Translation
Judges 19:6-8
New English Translation
6 So the two of them sat down and had a meal together.[a] Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Why not stay another night and have a good time?”[b] 7 When the man got ready to leave,[c] his father-in-law convinced him to stay another night.[d] 8 He woke up early in the morning on the fifth day so he could leave, but the girl’s father said, “Get some energy![e] Wait until later in the day to leave.”[f] So they ate a meal together.
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- Judges 19:6 tn Heb “And they sat and ate, the two of them together, and they drank.”
- Judges 19:6 tn Heb “Be willing and spend the night so that your heart might be good.”
- Judges 19:7 tn Heb “and the man arose to go.”
- Judges 19:7 tn Heb “his father-in-law persuaded him and he again spent the night there.”
- Judges 19:8 tn Heb “Sustain your heart.” He is once more inviting him to stay for a meal.
- Judges 19:8 tn Heb “Wait until the declining of the day.”
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