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Selected Verse: Judges 19:23 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jud 19:23 |
Strong Concordance |
And the man [0376], the master [01167] of the house [01004], went out [03318] unto them, and said [0559] unto them, Nay [0408], my brethren [0251], nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly [07489]; seeing [0310] that this man [0376] is come [0935] into mine house [01004], do [06213] not this folly [05039]. |
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King James |
And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| This man is come into mine house - He appeals to the sacred rights of hospitality, just as Lot did Gen 19:8. Both cases betray painfully the low place in the social scale occupied by woman in the old world, from which it is one of the glories of Christianity to have raised her. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Into my house - And therefore I am obliged to protect him by the laws of hospitality. |
8 Behold now, I have two [08147] daughters [01323] which have not known [03045] man [0376]; let me, I pray you, bring them out [03318] unto you, and do [06213] ye to them as is good [02896] in your eyes [05869]: only unto these [0411] men [0582] do [06213] nothing [0408] [01697]; for therefore came [0935] they under the shadow [06738] of my roof [06982].