Judges 17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV)

17 And there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name [is] Micah, 2 and he saith to his mother, `The eleven hundred silverlings which have been taken of thine, and [of which] thou hast sworn, and also spoken in mine ears; lo, the silver [is] with me, I have taken it;' and his mother sai...
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17 In that time was a man, that was called Micah, of the hill of Ephraim. (At that time there was a man, who was called Micah, of the hill country of Ephraim.) 2 And he said to his mother, Lo! I have a thousand and an hundred pieces of silver, which thou separatedest to thee, and on which thou curse...
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17 There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. 2 He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears—behold, the silver is with me. I took it.”His mother said, “May Yahweh bless...
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17 A man named Micah lived in the hill country of Ephraim. Micah (to his mother): 2 Do you remember those 1,100 pieces of silver that were stolen from you? I heard you curse the person who took them. Well, I have them. I took them, and now I want to return them to you.Micah’s Mother: May my son be b...
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Micah’s Idols17 Now there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah. 2 And he said to his mother, “The 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, which you also repeated it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.” And his moth...
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Micah and the Levite17 [a]There was a man of the hill country of E′phraim, whose name was Micah. 2 And he said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver which were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.” And...
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Micah and the Levite17 There was a man of the hill country of E′phraim, whose name was Micah. 2 And he said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver which were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.” And hi...
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Micah and the Levite17 There was a man in the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah. 2 He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and even spoke it in my hearing,—that silver is in my possession; I took it; but now I...
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Micah and the Levite17 There was a man in the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah. 2 He said to his mother, ‘The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and even spoke it in my hearing—that silver is in my possession; I took it; but now I ...
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Micah and the Levite17 There was a man in the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah. 2 He said to his mother, ‘The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and even spoke it in my hearing—that silver is in my possession; I took it; but now I ...
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Micah and the Levite17 There was a man in the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah. 2 He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse and even spoke it in my hearing—that silver is in my possession; I took it, but now I wi...
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Micah’s Idols17 There was a man named Micah, who lived in the hill country of Ephraim. 2 One day he said to his mother, “I heard you place a curse on the person who stole 1,100 pieces[a] of silver from you. Well, I have the money. I was the one who took it.”“The Lord bless you for admitting it,” his...
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The False Gods of Micah17 There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah. 2 He said to his mother, “There were 1,100 pieces of silver taken from you. And I heard you pray that the robber would be cursed. See, the silver is with me. I took it.” His mother said, “May the Lord bri...
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Micah’s Idolatry17 Now there was a man from the mountains of Ephraim, whose name was (A)Micah. 2 And he said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you, and on which you (B)put a curse, even saying it in my ears—here is the silver with me; I took it.”And his mothe...
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Micah’s idols17 Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim 2 said to his mother, ‘The eleven hundred shekels[a] of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse – I have that silver with me; I took it.’Then his mother said, ‘The Lord bless you, my son!’ 3 Whe...
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Micah’s Idols17 Now a man named Micah(A) from the hill country of Ephraim 2 said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels[a] of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have that silver with me; I took it.”Then his mother said, “The Lord bless you,(B) my son!” 3 ...
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Micah’s False Gods17 A man named Micah lived in the hill country of Ephraim. 2 He said to his mother, “Someone took 28 pounds of silver from you. I heard you curse the one who took it. I have the silver with me. I’m the one who took it.”Then his mother said, “My son, may the Lord bless you!” 3 He g...
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Micah Makes His Own Religion17 There was a man named Micah from the Ephraimite hill country. 2 He said to his mother, “You know[a] the 1,100 pieces of silver which were stolen[b] from you, about which I heard you pronounce a curse? Look here, I have the silver. I stole[c] it, but now I am giving it...
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