Judges 18:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם כָּזֹ֣ה וְכָזֶ֔ה עָ֥שָׂה לִ֖י מִיכָ֑ה וַיִּשְׂכְּרֵ֕נִי וָאֱהִי־ל֖וֹ לְכֹהֵֽן׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer to them like this and like this ʿāśâ to me mîkâ and wayyiśkerēnî and wāʾĕhî-to him to kōhēn

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *ʿāśâ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he did/made
• *mîkâ*: proper noun - Micah
• *wayyiśkerēnî*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular + 1st common singular suffix - and he hired me
• *wāʾĕhî*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 1st common singular - and I became
• *kōhēn*: noun, masculine singular - priest

Word Meanings

• *ʿāśâ*: did/made/performed
• *wayyiśkerēnî*: he hired me/he paid me wages
• *kōhēn*: priest/minister

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And he said to them, Thus and thus does Micah deal with me, and he has hired me, and I am his priest.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he said unto them, Thus and thus hath Micah dealt with me, and he hath hired me, and I am become his priest.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  He answered the: Thus & thus hath Micha done vnto me, & hath hyred me to be his prest.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he answered them, Thus and thus dealeth Michah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his Priest.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he aunswered them: Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hyred me, and I am become his priest.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He said to them, Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I am become his priest.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he saith unto them, `Thus and thus hath Micah done to me; and he hireth me, and I am to him for a priest.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he said unto them, Thus and thus hath Micah dealt with me, and he hath hired me, and I am become his priest.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he said unto them, Thus and thus hath Micah dealt with me, and he hath hired me, and I am become his priest.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he said to them, This is what Micah did for me, and he gave me payment and I became his priest.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He said to them, "Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I am become his priest."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He told them what Micah had done for him, saying,“He hired me and I became his priest.”

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.
• Judg 17:12 : 12 Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in Micah's house.
• Prov 28:21 : 21 To show partiality is not good, yet for a piece of bread, a man will transgress.
• 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 4:8-9 : 8 They feed on the sins of my people; they are greedy for their iniquity. 9 And it will be like people, like priest. I will punish them for their ways, and repay them for their deeds.
• Mal 1:10 : 10 Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors so you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you, says the LORD of Hosts, and I will not accept any offerings from your hands.
• John 10:12-13 : 12 The hired worker, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, abandons the sheep, and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters them. 13 The hired worker runs away because he is a hired worker and does not care about the sheep.
• Acts 8:18-21 : 18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money. 19 He said, 'Give me this authority too, so that everyone I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.' 20 But Peter said to him, 'May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!' 21 You have no part or share in this ministry because your heart is not right before God.
• Acts 20:33 : 33 I have not coveted anyone’s silver, gold, or clothing.
• 1 Tim 3:3 : 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and not a lover of money.
• Titus 1:11 : 11 They must be silenced because they are upsetting whole households by teaching things they should not for the sake of dishonest gain.
• 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 2:14-15 : 14 They have eyes full of adultery, never ceasing from sin. They entice unstable souls and have hearts trained in greed. They are accursed children. 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.