Judges 18:26
Good News Translation
Then the Danites went on. Micah saw that they were too strong for him, so he turned and went back home.

New Revised Standard Version
Then the Danites went their way. When Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his home.

Contemporary English Version
After saying this, they turned and left. Micah realized there was no way he could win a fight with them, and so he went back home.

New American Bible
Then the Danites went on their way, and Micah, seeing that they were too strong for him, turned back and went home.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And so they went on the journey they had begun. But Michas seeing that they were stronger than he, returned to his house.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And so they went on the journey they had begun. But Michas seeing that they were stronger than he, returned to his house.

Context
The Danites Take Micah's Idols
25And the children of Dan said to him: See thou say no more to us, lest men enraged come upon thee, and thou perish with all thy house. 26And so they went on the journey they had begun. But Michas seeing that they were stronger than he, returned to his house.27And the six hundred men took the priest, and the things we spoke of before, and came to Lais, to a people that was quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword: and the city they burnt with fire,…
Cross References
Genesis 49:16
Dan shall judge his people like another tribe in Israel.

Judges 18:25
And the children of Dan said to him: See thou say no more to us, lest men enraged come upon thee, and thou perish with all thy house.

Judges 18:27
And the six hundred men took the priest, and the things we spoke of before, and came to Lais, to a people that was quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword: and the city they burnt with fire,

1 Kings 12:29
And he set the one in Bethel, and the other in Dan:

Judges 18:25
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