Judges 17:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.”

Judges 17:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Judges 17:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Judges 17:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.”

Judges 17:5 — World English Bible

Judges 17:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. ”

Judges 17:5 — American Standard Version

Judges 17:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“As to the man Micah, he hath a house of gods, and he maketh an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrateth the hand of one of his sons, and he is to him for a priest;”

Judges 17:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Judges 17:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And the man Micah had a house ofgods, and made an ephod and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. ”

Judges 17:5 — Darby Translation

Judges 17:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And this man Michah had an house of gods, and made an Ephod, and Teraphim, and cosecrated one of his sonnes, who was his Priest.”

Judges 17:5 — Geneva Bible

Judges 17:5 in Context — Judges 17

3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the Lord from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.

5 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

7 And there was a young man out of Beth–lehem–judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

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What Does Judges 17:5 Mean?

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