Judges 19:16

¶ 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.

And, behold, there came {H935} an old {H2205} man {H376} from his work {H4639} out of the field {H7704} at even {H6153}, which was also {H376} of mount {H2022} Ephraim {H669}; and he sojourned {H1481} in Gibeah {H1390}: but the men {H582} of the place {H4725} were Benjamites {H1145}.

In time, at nightfall, an old man came from his work in the field. He was from the Efrayim hills and was staying in Giv'ah, although the residents were of Binyamin.

That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 104:23 (3 votes)

    Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.

  • Judges 19:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ And it came to pass in those days, when [there was] no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.

  • Judges 19:14 (2 votes)

    And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them [when they were] by Gibeah, which [belongeth] to Benjamin.

  • Proverbs 13:11 (2 votes)

    ¶ Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

  • Proverbs 14:23 (2 votes)

    ¶ In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.

  • Ecclesiastes 1:13 (2 votes)

    And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all [things] that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

  • Genesis 3:19 (2 votes)

    In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.