Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But the men would not listen to him. So the man 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. New Living Translation But they wouldn’t listen to him. So the Levite took hold of his concubine and pushed her out the door. The men of the town abused her all night, taking turns raping her until morning. Finally, at dawn they let her go. English Standard Version But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine and made her go out to them. And they knew her and abused her all night until the morning. And as the dawn began to break, they let her go. Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go. New King James Version But the men would not heed him. So the man took his concubine and brought her out to them. And they knew her and abused her all night until morning; and when the day began to break, they let her go. New American Standard Bible But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine and brought her outside to them; and they raped her and abused her all night until morning, then let her go at the approach of dawn. NASB 1995 But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine and brought her out to them; and they raped her and abused her all night until morning, then let her go at the approach of dawn. NASB 1977 But the men would not listen to him, so the man seized his concubine and brought her out to them. And they raped her and abused her all night until morning, then let her go at the approach of dawn. Legacy Standard Bible But the men were not willing to listen to him. So the man took hold of his concubine and brought her out to them; and they knew her and abused her all night until morning, and they let her go at the breaking of dawn. Amplified Bible But the men would not listen to him. So the man took the Levite’s concubine and brought her outside to them; and they had relations with her and abused her all night until morning; and when daybreak came, they let her go. Christian Standard Bible But the men would not listen to him, so the man seized his concubine and took her outside to them. They raped her and abused her all night until morning. At daybreak they let her go. Holman Christian Standard Bible But the men would not listen to him, so the man seized his concubine and took her outside to them. They raped her and abused her all night until morning. At daybreak they let her go. American Standard Version But the men would not hearken to him: so the man laid hold on his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go. Contemporary English Version The men refused to listen, so the Levite grabbed his wife and shoved her outside. The men raped her and abused her all night long. Finally, they let her go just before sunrise, English Revised Version But the men would not hearken to him: so the man laid hold on his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go. GOD'S WORD® Translation But the men refused to listen to him. So the Levite grabbed his concubine and forced her outside. They had sex with her and abused her all night until morning. They let her go when the sun was coming up. Good News Translation But the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and put her outside with them. They raped her and abused her all night long and didn't stop until morning. International Standard Version But the men were unwilling to listen to him. So the descendant of Levi grabbed his mistress, took her out to them, and they raped and tortured her all night until morning. Then they released her as the first daylight was beginning to appear. Majority Standard Bible 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. NET Bible The men refused to listen to him, so the Levite grabbed his concubine and made her go outside. They raped her and abused her all night long until morning. They let her go at dawn. New Heart English Bible But the men wouldn't listen to him: so the man laid hold of his secondary wife, and brought her out to them. And they raped her and abused her all night until the morning, and when the day began to dawn they let her go. Webster's Bible Translation But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth to them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go. World English Bible But the men wouldn’t listen to him; so the man grabbed his concubine, and brought her out to them; and they had sex with her, and abused her all night until the morning. When the day began to dawn, they let her go. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd the men have not been willing to listen to him, and the man takes hold on his concubine and brings [her] out to them outside, and they know her and roll themselves on her all the night until the morning, and they send her away in the ascending of the dawn; Young's Literal Translation And the men have not been willing to hearken to him, and the man taketh hold on his concubine, and bringeth her out unto them without, and they know her, and roll themselves upon her all the night, till the morning, and send her away in the ascending of the dawn; Smith's Literal Translation And the men were not willing to hear to him: and the man will lay hold upon his concubine and will bring out to them without, and they will know her, and will gratify their desires upon her all the night, even till morning: and they will send her away in the ascending of the dawn. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThey would not be satisfied with his words; which the man seeing, brought out his concubine to them, and abandoned her to their wickedness: and when they had abused her all the night, they let her go in the morning. Catholic Public Domain Version But they were not willing to agree to his words. So the man, discerning this, led out his mate to them, and he delivered her to their sexual abuse. And when they had abused her for the entire night, they released her in the morning. New American Bible But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine and thrust her outside to them. They raped her and abused her all night until morning, and let her go as the sun was coming up. New Revised Standard Version But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine, and put her out to them. They wantonly raped her, and abused her all through the night until the morning. And as the dawn began to break, they let her go. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBut the men would not listen to him; so the man took his concubine and brought her outside to them: and they raped her and abused her all the night until the morning; and when dawn began to break, they let her go. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And those men were not willing to listen to him, and the man took his concubine and brought her out to them outside, and they raped her and they abused her all night until the morning, and they left her when the dawn came up OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917But the men would not hearken to him; so the man laid hold on his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning; and when the day began to spring, they let her go. Brenton Septuagint Translation But the men would not consent to hearken to him; so the man laid hold of his concubine, and brought her out to them; and they knew her, and abused her all night till the morning, and let her go when the morning dawned. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Gibeah's Crime…24Look, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.” 25But 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. 26Early 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.… Cross References Genesis 19:5-8 They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!” / Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him. / “Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing! ... Hosea 9:9 They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins. Hosea 10:9 Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel, and there you have remained. Did not the battle in Gibeah overtake the sons of iniquity? Deuteronomy 22:25-27 But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die. / Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him. / When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her. 2 Samuel 13:14 But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her. Romans 1:24-27 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another. / They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. / For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. ... 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Ephesians 5:3-5 But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed. / Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving. / For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; / each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, / not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God; 2 Timothy 3:1-5 But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. / For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, / unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, ... Leviticus 18:22-23 You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination. / You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion. Leviticus 20:13 If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. Ezekiel 16:49-50 Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy. / Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen. Ezekiel 22:11 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. Isaiah 3:9 The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves. Treasury of Scripture But the men would not listen to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth to them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go. knew her Genesis 4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. and abused Jeremiah 5:7,8 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses… Hosea 7:4-7 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened… Hosea 9:9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins. Jump to Previous Abused Approach Concubine Dawn Ear Hearken Hold Laid Morning Night Outside Raped Seized Spring Using Wouldn'tJump to Next Abused Approach Concubine Dawn Ear Hearken Hold Laid Morning Night Outside Raped Seized Spring Using Wouldn'tJudges 19 1. A Levite goes to Bethlehem to fetch home his concubine16. An old man entertains him at Gibeah 22. The Gibeonites abuse his concubine to death 29. He divides her into twelve pieces, and sends them to the twelve tribes But the men would not listen to him. This phrase highlights the moral depravity and lawlessness during the time of the Judges, a period characterized by the repeated refrain, "In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit" (Judges 21:25). The refusal to listen reflects a hardened heart and a rejection of hospitality norms, which were highly valued in ancient Near Eastern culture. This echoes the similar account in Genesis 19, where the men of Sodom refused to heed Lot's plea, illustrating a parallel in the depth of societal corruption. 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. Persons / Places / Events 1. The LeviteA man from the tribe of Levi, who was traveling with his concubine. He plays a central role in the account, making decisions that lead to tragic consequences. 2. The Concubine A secondary wife or woman in a servile relationship to the Levite. Her tragic fate is central to the account, highlighting the societal and moral decay of the time. 3. The Men of Gibeah Inhabitants of the Benjamite city of Gibeah, who commit a grievous sin by abusing the concubine. Their actions reflect the lawlessness and moral corruption prevalent in Israel during this period. 4. Gibeah A city in the territory of Benjamin, where the events unfold. It becomes infamous for the wickedness of its inhabitants. 5. The Old Man A resident of Gibeah who offers hospitality to the Levite and his concubine, but ultimately fails to protect them from the wicked men of the city. Teaching Points The Consequences of Moral DecayThe events in Judges 19 serve as a stark reminder of what happens when a society turns away from God's laws. It is crucial for believers to uphold biblical values and resist cultural pressures that lead to moral compromise. The Importance of Godly Leadership The absence of strong, godly leadership in Israel during this time led to chaos and sin. This underscores the need for leaders who are committed to God's truth and justice. The Value of Human Life The tragic fate of the concubine highlights the need to value and protect human life. Christians are called to advocate for the vulnerable and stand against injustice. Hospitality and Protection The failure of the old man to protect his guests serves as a cautionary tale about the responsibilities of hospitality. Believers are called to provide refuge and safety for those in need. Repentance and Restoration Despite the darkness of this account, it points to the need for repentance and the hope of restoration through Christ. Believers are encouraged to seek God's forgiveness and strive for righteousness.Verse 25. - The man took his concubine, etc. One's blood boils at such selfish baseness and such cowardly cruelty. It is not quite clear whether the man means the Levite or the old Ephraimite. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But the menהָאִישׁ֙ (hā·’îš) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person would אָב֤וּ (’ā·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 14: To breathe after, to be acquiescent not וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no listen to him. לִשְׁמֹ֣עַֽ (liš·mō·a‘) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently So [the man] ל֔וֹ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew took וַיַּחֲזֵ֤ק (way·ya·ḥă·zêq) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer his concubine בְּפִ֣ילַגְשׁ֔וֹ (bə·p̄î·laḡ·šōw) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6370: A concubine, a paramour and sent her וַיֹּצֵ֥א (way·yō·ṣê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim outside הַח֑וּץ (ha·ḥūṣ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors to them, אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (’ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to and they raped וַיֵּדְע֣וּ (way·yê·ḏə·‘ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3045: To know her א֠וֹתָהּ (’ō·w·ṯāh) Direct object marker | third person feminine singular Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case and abused וַיִּֽתְעַלְּלוּ־ (way·yiṯ·‘al·lə·lū-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5953: To effect thoroughly, to glean, to overdo, maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose her בָ֤הּ (ḇāh) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew throughout כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the night, הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ (hal·lay·lāh) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity and at dawn כַּעֲל֥וֹת (ka·‘ă·lō·wṯ) Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively they let her go. וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֖וּהָ (way·šal·lə·ḥū·hā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person feminine singular Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out Links Judges 19:25 NIVJudges 19:25 NLT Judges 19:25 ESV Judges 19:25 NASB Judges 19:25 KJV Judges 19:25 BibleApps.com Judges 19:25 Biblia Paralela Judges 19:25 Chinese Bible Judges 19:25 French Bible Judges 19:25 Catholic Bible OT History: Judges 19:25 But the men wouldn't listen to him: (Jd Judg. 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