KJV King James Version
And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
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Judges 19:17
And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where have you come from?”
WEB World English Bible
He lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, “Where are you going? Where did you come from?”
ASV American Standard Version
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the man, the traveller, in a broad place of the city, and the aged man saith, ‘Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?’
Surrounding context — Judges 19
14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them [when they were] by Gibeah, which [belongeth] to Benjamin.
15 And they turned aside thither, to go in [and] to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for [there was] no man that took them into his house to lodging.
16 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.
17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
18 And he said unto him, We [are] passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence [am] I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I [am now] going to the house of the LORD; and there [is] no man that receiveth me to house.
19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man [which is] with thy servants: [there is] no want of any thing.
20 And the old man said, Peace [be] with thee; howsoever [let] all thy wants [lie] upon me; only lodge not in the street.
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וַיִּשָּׂ֣אH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseעֵינָ֗יוH5869 · a.yineyeוַיַּ֛רְאH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָאִ֥ישׁH376 · ishmanהָאֹרֵ֖חַH732 · a.rachto journeyבִּרְחֹ֣בH7339 · re.chovstreet/plazaהָעִ֑ירH5892 · irexcitementוַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayהָאִ֧ישׁH376 · ishmanהַזָּקֵ֛ןH2205 · za.qenold: elderאָ֥נָהH575 · anwhere?תֵלֵ֖ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentוּמֵאַ֥יִןH370 · a.yinwhere?תָּבֽוֹא׃H935 · boto come (in): come
Cross-references
Genesis 16:8And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.Genesis 32:17And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose [art] thou? and whither goest thou? and whose [are] these before thee?
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