Judges 19:16
 Judges 19:16 
New International Version (© 2011)
That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was living in Gibeah (the inhabitants of the place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the fields.

King James Bible
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.

American Standard Version
And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even: now the man was of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.

Young's Literal Translation
And lo, a man, an aged one, hath come from his work from the field in the evening, and the man is of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he is a sojourner in Gibeah, and the men of the place are Benjamites.

Judges 19:16 Additional Translations
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Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, till you return to the ground; for out of it were you taken: for dust you are...

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

Psalm 128:2 For you shall eat the labor of your hands: happy shall you be, and it shall be well with you.

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

Proverbs 14:23 In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tends only to penury.

Proverbs 24:27 Prepare your work without, and make it fit for yourself in the field; and afterwards build your house.

Ecclesiastes 1:13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven...

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

Ephesians 4:28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good...

1 Thessalonians 4:11,12 And that you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you...

2 Thessalonians 3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

Judges 19:16 Parallel Commentaries
Aged Benjaminites Benjamites Country Dwelt Ephraim E'phraim Evening Hill Hill-Country Mount Sojourned Sojourning Staying Work
Aged Benjaminites Benjamites Country Dwelt Ephraim E'phraim Evening Hill Hill-Country Mount Sojourned Sojourning Staying Work
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Judges 19:1 In those days Israel had no king. Now a Levite who lived in a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim took a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
Judges 19:14 So they went on, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.
Judges 19:15 There they stopped to spend the night. They went and sat in the city square, but no one took them in for the night.
Judges 19:17 When he looked and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, "Where are you going? Where did you come from?"
Hosea 9:9 They have sunk deep into corruption, as in the days of Gibeah. God will remember their wickedness and punish them for their sins.