Judges 20:5 “And during the night, the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surroun…”

Judges 20:5

And during the night, the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house. They intended to kill me, but they abused my concubine, and she died.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house by night. They intended to kill me and they raped my concubine, and she is dead.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the men of Gibeah arose against me, and beset the house round about vpon mee by night, thinking to haue slaine me, and haue forced my concubine that she is dead.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

and rise against me do the masters of Gibeah — and they go round the house against me by night — me they thought to slay, and my concubine they have humbled, and she dieth;

Bible in Basic English

And the townsmen of Gibeah came together against me, going round the house on all sides by night; it was their purpose to put me to death, and my servant-wife was violently used by them and is dead.

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Cross references

“And the men”

Judges 19:22

Judges 19:22 · BSB

While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have…

“beset”

Genesis 19:4–8

Genesis 19:4–8 · BSB

Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.

“and my concubine”

Judges 19:25 Judges 19:26

Judges 19:25 · BSB

But the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.

Judges 19:26 · BSB

Early that morning, the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, collapsed at the doorway, and lay there until it was light.

“forced”

Deuteronomy 22:24 Ezekiel 22:10 Ezekiel 22:11

Deuteronomy 22:24 · BSB

you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil…

Ezekiel 22:10 · BSB

In you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they violate women during their menstrual impurity.

Ezekiel 22:11 · BSB

One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.

6Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.

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