Judges 19:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

When he lifted up his eyes, he saw a traveler in the street of the city, and the old man said, "Where are you going? And where do you come from?"

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשָּׂ֣א עֵינָ֗יו וַיַּ֛רְא אֶת־הָאִ֥ישׁ הָאֹרֵ֖חַ בִּרְחֹ֣ב הָעִ֑יר וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הָאִ֧ישׁ הַזָּקֵ֛ן אָ֥נָה תֵלֵ֖ךְ וּמֵאַ֥יִן תָּבֽוֹא׃

Transliteration

wə-yiśśāʾ ʿênāyw wə-yarʾ ʾet-the-ʾîš the-ʾōrēaḥ in-rəḥōb the-ʿîr wə-yōʾmer the-ʾîš the-zāqēn ʾānāh tēlēk û-mēʾayin tābôʾ

Grammar Details

• *wə-yiśśāʾ*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he lifted up
• *ʿênāyw*: noun, feminine dual construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his eyes
• *wə-yarʾ*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he saw
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the man
• *ʾōrēaḥ*: participle/noun, masculine singular with definite article - the traveler/wayfarer
• *rəḥōb*: noun, masculine singular construct - open place/square/street of
• *ʿîr*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the city
• *wə-yōʾmer*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
• *zāqēn*: adjective, masculine singular with definite article - the old
• *ʾānāh*: interrogative adverb - where/whither
• *tēlēk*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you go
• *û-mēʾayin*: conjunction + preposition + interrogative adverb - and from where
• *tābôʾ*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you come

Word Meanings

• *yiśśāʾ*: lifted up/raised/carried
• *yarʾ*: saw/observed/noticed
• *ʾōrēaḥ*: traveler/wayfarer/visitor/guest
• *rəḥōb*: open place/square/broad street
• *ʾānāh*: where/whither/to what place
• *tēlēk*: you go/walk/travel
• *tābôʾ*: you come/enter/arrive

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When he looked up and saw the traveler in the town square, the old man asked, "Where are you going, and where have you come from?"

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And whan he lifte vp his eies, & sawe the straunger in the strete he sayde vnto him: Whither wilt thou go? & whence comest thou?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when he had lift vp his eyes, he sawe a wayfairing man in the streetes of the citie: then this olde man sayde, Whither goest thou, and whence camest thou?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And when he had lyft vp his eyes, he sawe a wayfaryng man in the streate of the citie: And the olde man sayde, Whyther goest thou? and whence commest thou?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, Where go you? and whence come you?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the man, the traveller, in a broad place of the city, and the aged man saith, `Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from?

• World English Bible (2000)

  He lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, "Where are you going? Where did you come from?"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When he looked up and saw the traveler in the town square, the old man said,“Where are you heading? Where do you come from?”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 16:8 : 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, where have you come from, and where will you go? And she said, I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.
• Gen 32:17 : 17 And he commanded the first, saying, When Esau my brother meets you, and asks you, saying, Whose are you? and where are you going? and whose are these ahead of you?