For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
Parallel translations
- WEB For my husband isn’t at home. He has gone on a long journey.
- KJV For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
- NKJV For my husband is not at home; He has gone on a long journey;
- NASB “For my husband is not at home; He has gone on a long journey.
- NLT for my husband is not home. He’s away on a long trip.
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Quick answer
She assures him her husband is away on a long journey. Sin promises secrecy and freedom from consequence.
Overview
Reassuring him that her husband is absent, she offers the illusion of safety in their sin. This appeal to secrecy seeks to silence his fear of being caught. The verse exposes the lie that hidden sin will escape exposure and accountability.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Matt 20:11On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.
- Luke 12:45–46But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
- Matt 24:43But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
- Luke 12:39But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
- Matt 24:48But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’
- Mark 13:34–36It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.
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