Judges 19:16

And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at evening. Now the man was of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah, but the men of the place were Benjamites.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.

In Context

15And they turned aside there, to go in to lodge in Gibeah. And he went in, and sat down in the street of the city, for there was no man that took them into his house to lodge.

17And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city. And the old man said, Where do thou go? And from where do thou come?

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Cross References

Judges 19:1And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehem-judah.

Psalms 104:23Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until the evening.

Proverbs 13:11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall have increase.

Proverbs 24:27Prepare thy work outside, and make it ready for thee in the field, and afterwards build thy house.

Ecclesiastes 5:12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the fullness of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

1 Thessalonians 4:11and to aspire to live quietly, and to do your own things, and to work with your own hands, just as we commanded you,

Matthew Henry on Judges 19:2-16

Elopement of the Levite's Concubine; The Levite Reconciled to His Concubine; The Levite Benighted at Gibeah. ( b. c. 1410.) 1 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah. 2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months. 3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to… Read the whole commentary →

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