Judges 17:11 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

and agreed to live with Micah. The young man became like one of Micah's sons.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.

ASV:

And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.

BBE:

And the Levite said he would make his living-place with the man, and he became to him as one of his sons.

DBY:

And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man became to him like one of his sons.

ERV:

And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.

JPS:

And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.

WBS:

And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.

WEB:

The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.

YLT:

And the Levite is willing to dwell with the man, and the young man is to him as one of his sons.

Judges 17:11 Cross References

XREF:

Judges 17:10 Micah then said to him, "Dwell with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a suit of clothes, and your maintenance." So the Levite went in.

Judges 17:12 So Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in the house of Micah. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

17:11 And the Levite was {h} content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
(h) Not considering that he forsook the true worship of God to maintain his own belly.

WES:

17:11 Content - Being infected with the common superstition and idolatry of the times. His sons - That is, treated with the same degree of kindness and affection.

MHC:

17:7-13 Micah thought it was a sign of God's favour to him and his images, that a Levite should come to his door. Thus those who please themselves with their own delusions, if Providence unexpectedly bring any thing to their hands that further them in their evil way, are apt from thence to think that God is pleased with them.

CONC:

Agreed Content Dwell Levite Living-place Sons Willing

Agreed Content Dwell Levite Willing Young

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