Context 7Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was staying there. 8Then the man departed from the city, from Bethlehem in Judah, to stay wherever he might find a place; and as he made his journey, he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah. 9Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to stay wherever I may find a place. 10Micah then said to him, Dwell with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a suit of clothes, and your maintenance. So the Levite went in. 11The Levite agreed to live with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons. 12So Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in the house of Micah. 13Then Micah said, Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, seeing I have a Levite as priest. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAnd there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there. Douay-Rheims Bible There was also another young man of Bethlehem Juda, of the kindred thereof: and he was a Levite, and dwelt there. Darby Bible Translation Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there. English Revised Version And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. Webster's Bible Translation And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. World English Bible There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there. Young's Literal Translation And there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he is a Levite, and he is a sojourner there. Library And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, too little to be among the thousands of Judah"And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, too little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall come forth unto Me (one) [Pg 480] to be Ruler in Israel; and His goings forth are the times of old, the days of eternity." The close connection of this verse with what immediately precedes (Caspari is wrong in considering iv. 9-14 as an episode) is evident, not only from the [Hebrew: v] copulative, and from the analogy of the near relation of the announcement of salvation to the prophecy of disaster … Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament A Nation's Struggle for a Home and Freedom. Letter xxix. To Marcella. The Girdle of the City. Nehemiah 3 The Fifth Commandment Judges Links Judges 17:7 NIV • Judges 17:7 NLT • Judges 17:7 ESV • Judges 17:7 NASB • Judges 17:7 KJV • Judges 17:7 Bible Apps • Judges 17:7 Parallel • Bible Hub |