For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?
For a friend of mine in his journey, х exodou (G1841)] - the marginal rendering, 'out of his way,' is to be rejected.
Is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him. The heat in warm countries makes evening preferable to day for traveling; but "midnight" is everywhere a most unseasonable hour of call, and for that very reason it is here selected.