Judges 19:20

19:20 The old man said, “Everything is just fine! ¹  I will take care of all your needs. But don’t spend the night in the town square.”

Judges 18:10

18:10 When you invade, ²  you will encounter ³  unsuspecting people. The land is wide! ⁴  God is handing it over to you – a place that lacks nothing on earth!” ⁵ 

Judges 19:19

19:19 We have enough straw and grain for our donkeys, and there is enough food and wine for me, your female servant, ⁶  and the young man who is with your servants. ⁷  We lack nothing.”

[19:20]  ¹ tn Heb “Peace to you.”

[18:10]  ² tn Heb “When you enter.”

[18:10]  ³ tn Heb “you will come to.”

[18:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “broad of hands,” an idiom meaning “wide on both sides.”

[18:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “a place where there is no lack of anything that is in the earth.”

[19:19]  ³ tn By calling his concubine the old man’s “female servant,” the Levite emphasizes their dependence on him for shelter.

[19:19]  ⁴ tc Some Hebrew mss and ancient witnesses read the singular, “your servant,” which would refer to the Levite. If one retains the plural, then both the Levite and his wife are in view. In either case the pronominal suffix emphasizes their dependence on the old man for shelter.