Micah’s Idolatry
Judges 17:7
In 11 translations
- BSB
- And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.
- KJV
- ¶ And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
- WEB
- There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.
- ASV
- And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.
- LSV
- 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.
- YLT
- 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.
- DBY
- And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-Judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
- DRC
- There was also another young man of Bethlehem Juda, of the kindred thereof: and he was a Levite, and dwelt there.
- GNV
- There was also a yong man out of Bethlehem Iudah, of the familie of Iudah: who was a Leuite, and soiourned there.
- JPS
- And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem in Judah — in the family of Judah — who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
- LXXE
- And there was a young man in Bethleem of the tribe of Juda, and he was a Levite, and he was sojourning there.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיְהִי־נַ֗עַר מִבֵּ֥ית לֶ֨חֶם֙ יְהוּדָ֔ה מִמִּשְׁפַּ֖חַת יְהוּדָ֑ה וְה֥וּא לֵוִ֖י וְה֥וּא גָֽר־שָֽׁם׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἐγενήθη νεανίας ἐκ Βηθλεέμ δήμου Ἰούδα, καὶ αὐτὸς Λευίτης, καὶ οὗτος παρῴκει ἐκεῖ.
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
BethlehemTeraphimMicah (1)Jonathan (1)JonathanJudges, Period ofStranger and Sojourner (in the Old Testament)Israel, Religion ofIsrael, History ofPriests and Levites
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Cross-references most cited first
- Matthew 2:1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
- Ruth 1:1–2In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab. The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s…
- Micah 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel — One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.
- Matthew 2:5–6“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written: ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be…
- Judges 19:1–2Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah. But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return…
- Joshua 19:15It also included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. There were twelve cities, along with their villages.
- Genesis 35:19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
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