Early 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.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then the woman came in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her lord was, until it was light.
- KJV Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her lord was, till it was light.
- NKJV Then the woman came as the day was dawning, and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her master was, till it was light.
- NASB As the day began to dawn, the woman came and fell down at the doorway of the man’s house where her master was, until full daylight.
- NLT At daybreak the woman returned to the house where her husband was staying. She collapsed at the door of the house and lay there until it was light.
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Quick answer
At dawn the abused woman collapses at the door of the house. Her suffering ends in helpless ruin at the threshold.
Overview
She drags herself back to the door where her lord lodged and falls there. The image of her fallen at the threshold is one of the most heartbreaking in Scripture. It is a silent indictment of every person who failed to protect her and a testimony to the horror of sin unrestrained.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- 1 Pet 3:6just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.
- Judg 19:3her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.
- Judg 19:27In the morning, when her master got up and opened the doors of the house to go out on his journey, there was his concubine, collapsed in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
- Gen 18:12So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
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