Her lord rose up in the morning and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way; and behold, the woman his concubine had fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
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Her lord rose up in the morning and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way; and behold, the woman his concubine had fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
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And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.
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And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way; and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands upon the threshold.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, husband.
Or, husband.
Or, fallen.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 19:27 And her lord rose up in the…
Jdg 19:27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down [at] the door of the house, and her hands [were] upon the threshold.
Ver. 27. The woman his concubine was fallen down.] As Jdg 19:26. Like as she sinned, so she suffered: Per quod quis peccat, &c. See Heb 13:4. And let the guilty that go yet unpunished make an end of all in God’s privy chamber of mercy by repentance, that so his open judicial proceeding in court may be stopped.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The posture either of one that had fallen down,…
The posture either of one that had fallen down, or of one that was laid down to sleep, her hands or arms (for the Hebrew word signifies both) leaning upon the threshold and being put under her head; and therefore he thought to awake her, and raise her up.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And her lord rose up in the morning,.... Very…
And her lord rose up in the morning,.... Very early no doubt, and it is scarcely reasonable to think he should sleep quietly after such a riot, and his concubine or wife delivered up to the lust of such brutish creatures:
and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way; either in search of her, or rather to make the best of his way on his journey, to preserve his own life, having given her up for lost:
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and, behold the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold; in a posture that persons are when they fall, stretching out their hands to save themselves what they can; or of such who lay themselves down to sleep with their hands under their heads, and which her husband thought was her case, by what follows.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jdg 19:27-28. Went out to go his way —…
Jdg 19:27-28. Went out to go his way — Concluding, without doubt, that the Gibeathites had conveyed away his concubine, and would keep her, and therefore he hasted home to take proper measures for the recovery of her; as we find he did afterward to revenge her death. He said unto her, Up, and let us be going — He thought she was only asleep, and the unexpected surprise of seeing her, and his haste to get out of this inhospitable place, might make him express himself in this manner.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 27. With instinctive art the Hebrew story-teller leaves much…
27. With instinctive art the Hebrew story-teller leaves much to the imagination (cf. Jdg_11:39); but at the end of the verse he adds a detail which betrays the pathos of the tragedy.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (27) Her hands were upon the threshold.—As though they…
(27) Her hands were upon the threshold.—As though they had been stretched out towards her husband in one last agony of appeal (Vulg., sparsis in limine cnanibus).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The woman was fallen down at the door, etc.…
The woman was fallen down at the door, etc. Poor thing! with her last breath she turned to the house where he was who should have been her protector, but who had deserted her in her hour of need.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 But there was no answer
But there was no answer
The woman did not answer because she was dead. This can be stated clearly. AT: "But she did not answer because she was dead" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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concubine
threshold
Levi
donkey
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