Judges 19:3-5

International Standard Version

³when her husband got up and went after her, intending to speak lovingly to her^[a] in order to win her back. He took with him his young man servant and a pair of donkeys. When she brought him into her father’s house to see him, her father was happy to have met him.

⁴The young woman’s father (that is, his father-in-law) made him stay there for three days while they ate and drank during his visit there. ⁵On the fourth day, they got up early that morning, and the descendant of Levi^[b] got ready to leave. Then the young woman’s father-in-law told him, “Fortify yourself^[c] by eating some food before you go.”

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Footnotes

Judges 19:3 Lit. speak to her heart
Judges 19:5 Lit. and he
Judges 19:5 Lit. Fortify your heart

Judges 19:3-5

New International Version

³her husband went to her to persuade her to return. He had with him his servant and two donkeys. She took him into her parents’ home, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him. ⁴His father-in-law, the woman’s father, prevailed on him to stay; so he remained with him three days, eating and drinking,^(A) and sleeping there.

⁵On the fourth day they got up early and he prepared to leave, but the woman’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh yourself^(B) with something to eat; then you can go.”

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Judges 19:3-5

King James Version

³And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

⁴And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.

⁵And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.

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