Judges 18:20

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The priest was glad in his heart. He took the ephod, the household gods, and the carved image and went along with the people.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, the teraphim, and the carved image, and went among the people.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the priest's{H3548} heart{H3820} was glad,{H3190} and he took{H3947} the ephod,{H646} and the teraphim,{H8655} and the graven image,{H6459} and went in{H935} the midst{H7130} of the people.{H5971}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the priest's{H3548} heart{H3820} was glad{H3190}{(H8799)}, and he took{H3947}{(H8799)} the ephod{H646}, and the teraphim{H8655}, and the graven image{H6459}, and went in{H935}{(H8799)} the midst{H7130} of the people{H5971}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    This pleased the prest well, & he toke both the ouerbody cote, and the Idols, and the ymage, and came in amonge the people.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the Priestes heart was glad, and hee tooke the Ephod and the Teraphim, and the grauen image, and went among the people.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the priestes hearte was glad, and toke the Ephod, and Theraphim, and the grauen image, and went in the middest of the people.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the engraved image, and went in the midst of the people.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the heart of the priest is glad, and he taketh the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and goeth into the midst of the people,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod and the family gods and the pictured image and went with the people.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the engraved image, and went in the midst of the people.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The priest was happy. He took the ephod, the personal idols, and the carved image and joined the group.

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 17:10 : 10 Micah said to him, 'Stay with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a set of clothes, and your living expenses.' The Levite agreed to stay.
  • Prov 30:15 : 15 The leech has two daughters: 'Give! Give!' There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, 'Enough!'
  • Isa 56:11 : 11 Yet the dogs are greedy; they never have enough. They are shepherds who lack understanding; all of them turn to their own way, each seeking his own gain from every quarter.
  • Ezek 13:19 : 19 You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to my people, who listen to lies, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not live.
  • Hos 4:3 : 3 Therefore the land mourns, and all who live in it languish, along with the beasts of the field, the birds of the skies, and even the fish of the sea are taken away.
  • Acts 20:33 : 33 I have not coveted anyone’s silver, gold, or clothing.
  • Phil 3:19 : 19 Their end is destruction, their god is their appetite, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 In their greed, they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
  • 2 Pet 2:15-16 : 15 They have abandoned the straight way and gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness. 16 But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey—a beast without speech—that spoke with a man's voice and restrained the prophet's madness.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 18:17-19
    3 verses
    83%

    17 The five men who had gone to scout the land went inside and took the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the cast idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.

    18 When they entered Micah's house and took the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the cast idol, the priest said to them, 'What are you doing?'

    19 They answered him, 'Be quiet! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us. Be a father and a priest to us. Isn’t it better for you to be a priest for a tribe and a clan in Israel rather than for one man's household?'

  • Judg 17:4-5
    2 verses
    77%

    4 So when he returned the silver to his mother, she took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a cast idol. And they were placed in Micah's house.

    5 Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household idols, and he consecrated one of his sons to become his priest.

  • Judg 18:13-15
    3 verses
    75%

    13 From there they continued on to the hill country of Ephraim and arrived at Micah's house.

    14 Then the five men who had gone to scout out the land of Laish said to their fellow Danites, 'Do you know that in these houses there's an ephod, household gods, a carved image, and a cast idol? Now think about what you should do.'

    15 So they turned aside there and went to the house of the young Levite, at Micah's house, and asked him how he was doing.

  • Judg 18:3-6
    4 verses
    73%

    3 As they were near Micah's house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite. They turned aside and said to him, 'Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? And what is your purpose here?'

    4 He said to them, 'Micah did such and such for me. He hired me, and I became his priest.'

    5 They said to him, 'Please inquire of God so that we may know whether our journey will be successful.'

    6 The priest replied to them, 'Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.'

  • Judg 18:21
    73%

    21 They turned and left, placing the children, the livestock, and their goods in front of them.

  • 1 Sam 30:7
    72%

    7 David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, "Bring me the ephod." So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

  • Judg 17:10-13
    4 verses
    71%

    10 Micah said to him, 'Stay with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a set of clothes, and your living expenses.' The Levite agreed to stay.

    11 The Levite agreed to live with the man, and the young man became like one of his own sons.

    12 Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in Micah's house.

    13 Then Micah said, 'Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because I have a Levite as my priest.'

  • 1 Sam 2:28
    71%

    28 Did I not choose them from all the tribes of Israel to be My priests, to go up to My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence? And I gave to your forefather’s family all the offerings made by fire from the Israelites.

  • 1 Sam 23:6
    70%

    6 Now when Abiathar son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, he brought the ephod with him.

  • 1 Kgs 8:3
    70%

    3 When all the elders of Israel arrived, the priests carried the Ark.

  • Judg 18:30-31
    2 verses
    69%

    30 The Danites set up for themselves the carved image, and Jonathan, son of Gershom, the son of Moses, along with his sons, served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the land’s captivity.

    31 They kept the carved image that Micah had made throughout the time the house of God was in Shiloh.

  • Judg 8:27
    69%

    27 Gideon made the gold into an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. All Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his family.

  • 1 Sam 14:3
    69%

    3 Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, brother of Ichabod—son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh—was wearing an ephod. But the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.

  • Lev 8:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7 He put the tunic on Aaron, tied the sash around him, clothed him with the robe, and placed the ephod on him. He tied the skillfully woven band of the ephod around him, securing it in place.

    8 He placed the breastpiece on Aaron and put the Urim and Thummim into the breastpiece.

  • 1 Chr 15:25
    68%

    25 So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of the thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-Edom with rejoicing.

  • 1 Chr 15:27
    68%

    27 David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, the singers, and Chenaniah, the leader of singing. David also wore a linen ephod.

  • 2 Chr 5:4
    68%

    4 When all the elders of Israel arrived, the Levites lifted the ark.

  • 1 Sam 2:35
    68%

    35 Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in My heart and in My mind. I will build him a sure house, and he will walk before My anointed one forever.

  • Josh 22:30
    68%

    30 Phinehas the priest, the leaders of the congregation, and the heads of the clans of Israel who were with him heard the words spoken by the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the Manassites, and they were pleased.

  • 1 Sam 2:18
    68%

    18 But Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.

  • 1 Sam 2:13-15
    3 verses
    68%

    13 'This was the custom of the priests with the people: Whenever someone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant came with a three-pronged fork while the meat was boiling.'

    14 'He would plunge it into the basin, kettle, cauldron, or pot, and whatever the fork brought up, the priest would take for himself. This is what they did to all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.'

    15 But even before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man offering the sacrifice, ‘Give the priest some meat to roast; he won’t accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.’

  • 2 Chr 13:9
    68%

    9 Have you not driven out the priests of the LORD, the descendants of Aaron, and the Levites, and appointed your own priests like the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of what are not gods.

  • 2 Kgs 17:32
    68%

    32 They feared the Lord, but they also appointed for themselves all sorts of priests for the high places, who made sacrifices for them in the shrines of the high places.

  • 1 Sam 4:4
    68%

    4 So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim. Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, accompanied the Ark of the Covenant of God.

  • 2 Kgs 12:10
    68%

    10 Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and placed it beside the altar, on the right side as one enters the temple of the LORD. The priests guarding the threshold deposited into it all the money brought to the temple of the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 14:19
    67%

    19 While Saul was talking to the priest, the commotion in the Philistine camp kept increasing. So Saul said to the priest, 'Withdraw your hand.'

  • Judg 18:24
    67%

    24 Micah replied, 'You’ve taken my gods that I made and my priest and gone away! What else do I have? How can you ask me, “What’s the matter with you?”'

  • 1 Kgs 12:31
    67%

    31 Jeroboam also built shrines on high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites.

  • Judg 5:9
    67%

    9 My heart is with Israel’s commanders, with the willing volunteers among the people. Praise the Lord!

  • 2 Sam 15:29
    67%

    29 So Zadok and Abiathar took the Ark of God back to Jerusalem and stayed there.

  • 1 Chr 29:9
    67%

    9 The people rejoiced at their willing offering, for they had given freely and wholeheartedly to the LORD. And King David also rejoiced greatly.

  • Judg 18:27
    67%

    27 The Danites took what Micah had made, along with his priest, and came to Laish, to a peaceful and unsuspecting people. They struck them down with the sword and burned the city with fire.

  • 2 Chr 23:17
    67%

    17 All the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols and killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, in front of the altars.

  • Josh 3:3
    67%

    3 and they commanded the people, saying, 'When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your place and follow it.

  • 1 Sam 22:18
    67%

    18 The king then commanded Doeg, 'Turn and strike down the priests!' So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck them down. That day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

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