When her master got up in the morning and opened the doors of the house and went out to go on his way, then behold, his concubine was lying at the doorway of the house with her hands on the threshold.
Parallel translations
- WEB Her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way; and behold, the woman his concubine had fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
- KJV And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.
- BSB In 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.
- NKJV When her master arose in the morning, and opened the doors of the house and went out to go his way, there was his concubine, fallen at the door of the house with her hands on the threshold.
- NLT When her husband opened the door to leave, there lay his concubine with her hands on the threshold.
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Quick answer
The Levite rises in the morning and finds the concubine fallen at the door, hands on the threshold. The grim scene confronts him as he prepares to leave.
Overview
He opens the door to continue his journey and sees her collapsed with hands reaching toward the threshold, a picture of her final desperate struggle. The detail conveys the pathos of her suffering. His seeming readiness to simply depart heightens the chilling coldness of the moment.
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