Judges 19 · Verse 17

Judges 19:17

And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
Judges 19:17, King James Version

Judges 19:17 in other translations

BSBWhen he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where have you come from?”
WEBHe lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, “Where are you going? Where did you come from?”
ASVAnd he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
YLTAnd he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the man, the traveller, in a broad place of the city, and the aged man saith, ‘Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?'
DARBYAnd he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the open place of the city; and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
BBEAnd when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from?
WebsterAnd when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a way-faring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

Judges 19:17 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּשָּׂ֣אvai.yi.Sa'and he lifted upH5375
עֵינָ֗יו'ei.Naveyes hisH5869
וַיַּ֛רְאvai.Yar'and he sawH7200
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָאִ֥ישׁha.'Ishthe manH376
הָאֹרֵ֖חַha.'o.Re.achwho was travelingH732
בִּרְחֹ֣בbir.Choin [the] open square ofH7339
הָעִ֑ירha.'Irthe cityH5892
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
הָאִ֧ישׁha.'Ishthe manH376
הַזָּקֵ֛ןha.za.Ken<the> oldH2205
אָ֥נָה'A.nahwhere?H575
תֵלֵ֖ךְte.Lekhare you goingH1980
וּמֵאַ֥יִןu.me.'A.yinand from where?H370
תָּבֽוֹא\׃ta.Vo'are you comingH935

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Judges 19:17

  • Genesis 16:8

    And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

  • Genesis 32:17

    And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?

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whither.
Ge 16:8; 32:17

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Context

  • 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.

  • Judges 19:17

    And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

  • Judges 19:18

    And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth–lehem–judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth–lehem–judah, but I am now going to the house of the Lord; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.

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Judges 19:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y alzando el viejo los ojos, vió á aquel viajante en la plaza de la ciudad, y díjole: ¿A dónde vas, y de dónde vienes?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il leva ses yeux, et vit le voyageur sur la place de la ville; et le vieillard lui dit: Où vas-tu, et d’où viens-tu?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er erhob seine Augen und sah den Wandersmann auf dem Platze der Stadt, und der alte Mann sprach: Wohin gehst du? Und woher kommst du?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Elevatisque oculis, vidit senex sedentem hominem cum sarcinulis suis in platea civitatis, et dixit ad eum: Unde venis? et quo vadis?