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Micah’s Idolatry

Judges 17:13

In 11 translations

BSB
Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”
KJV
Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
WEB
Then Micah said, “Now I know that Yahweh will do good to me, since I have a Levite as my priest.”
ASV
Then said Micah, Now know I that Jehovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
LSV
and Micah says, “Now I have known that YHWH does good to me, for the Levite has been for a priest to me.”
YLT
and Micah saith, 'Now I have known that Jehovah doth good to me, for the Levite hath been to me for a priest.'
DBY
Then said Micah, Now I know that Jehovah will do me good, because I have the Levite for priest.
DRC
Now I know God will do me good, since I have a priest of the race of the Levites.
GNV
Then said Michah, Nowe I know that the Lord will be good vnto me, seeing I haue a Leuite to my Priest.
JPS
Then said Micah: 'Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite as my priest.'
LXXE
And Michaias said, Now I know that the Lord will do me good, because a Levite has become my priest.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מִיכָ֔ה עַתָּ֣ה יָדַ֔עְתִּי כִּֽי־יֵיטִ֥יב יְהוָ֖ה לִ֑י כִּ֧י הָיָה־לִ֛י הַלֵּוִ֖י לְכֹהֵֽן׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἶπε Μιχαίας, νῦν ἔγνων ὅτι ἀγαθυνεῖ μοι Κύριος, ὅτι ἐγένετό μοι ὁ Λευίτης εἰς ἱερέα.

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  • Matthew 15:13But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.
  • Acts 26:9So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
  • John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
  • Romans 10:2–3For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge. Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
  • Isaiah 66:3–4Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is…
  • Matthew 15:9They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
  • Proverbs 14:12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
  • Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”

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