Judges 19:17
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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?When 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?”
In other translations
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?When 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?”
Hebrew words
וַיִּשָּׂאvaiyisa'and he lifted upH5375עֵינָיו'einaveyes hisH5869וַיַּרְאvaiyar'and he sawH7200אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָאִישׁha'ishthe manH376הָאֹרֵחַha'oreachwho was travelingH732בִּרְחֹבbirchoin [the] open square ofH7339הָעִירha'irthe cityH5892וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559הָאִישׁha'ishthe manH376הַזָּקֵןhazaken<the> oldH2205אָנָה'anahwhere?H575תֵלֵךְtelekhare you goingH1980וּמֵאַיִןume'ayinand from where?H370תָּבוֹא׃tavo'are you comingH935
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Genesis 16:8And 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.“Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.
- Genesis 32:17And 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?He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’
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