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Judges 20:4–5

So the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, “My concubine and fI went into Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin, to spend the night. gAnd the men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house at night because of me. They intended to kill me, hbut instead they ravished my concubine so that she died.

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Judges 20:4–5 — The New International Version (NIV)

So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, said, “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night. During the night the men of Gibeah came after me and surrounded the house, intending to kill me. They raped my concubine, and she died.

Judges 20:4–5 — English Standard Version (ESV)

And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, “I came to Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night. And the leaders of Gibeah rose against me and surrounded the house against me by night. They meant to kill me, and they violated my concubine, and she is dead.

Judges 20:4–5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.

Judges 20:4–5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

The Levite, the husband of the woman who had been murdered, said, “My concubine and I came to spend the night in Gibeah, a town that belongs to the people of Benjamin. That night some of the leading citizens of Gibeah surrounded the house, planning to kill me, and they raped my concubine until she was dead.

Judges 20:4–5 — New Century Version (NCV)

So the husband of the murdered woman answered, “My slave woman and I came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night. During the night the men of Gibeah came after me. They surrounded the house and wanted to kill me. They forced my slave woman to have sexual relations and she died.

Judges 20:4–5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was murdered, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about me by night; me they thought to have slain, and my concubine they forced, and she is dead.

Judges 20:4–5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Then the Levite, the husband of the woman that was murdered, answered and said, I came to Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. And the citizens of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house because of me, by night; they thought to slay me, and my concubine have they humbled so that she died.

Judges 20:4–5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered, “My concubineand I went to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night. The citizens of Gibeah came to attack me. They surrounded the house ⸤where I was staying⸥ that night. They intended to kill me, but instead, they raped my concubine until she died.

Judges 20:4–5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I went to Gibeah in Benjamin with my concubine to spend the night. Citizens of Gibeah ganged up on me and surrounded the house at night. They intended to kill me, but they raped my concubine, and she died.

Judges 20:4–5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered, “I came to Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night. The lords of Gibeah rose up against me, and surrounded the house at night. They intended to kill me, and they raped my concubine until she died.

Judges 20:4–5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

The Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered and said, “I came to Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night. The lords of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house at night. They intended to kill me, and they raped my concubine, and she died.

Judges 20:4–5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

So the Levite spoke. He was the husband of the woman who had been murdered. He said, “I and my concubine went to Gibeah in Benjamin. We spent the night there. During the night the men of Gibeah came after me. They surrounded the house. They were planning to kill me. They raped my concubine, and she died.

Judges 20:4–5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

So the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, “I came with my concubine to spend the night at Gibeah which belongs to Benjamin.

“But the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house at night because of me. They intended to kill me; instead, they ravished my concubine so that she died.


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