Judges 17:5
Modern Translations
New International Version
Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household gods and installed one of his sons as his priest.

New Living Translation
Micah set up a shrine for the idol, and he made a sacred ephod and some household idols. Then he installed one of his sons as his personal priest.

English Standard Version
And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household gods, and ordained one of his sons, who became his priest.

Berean Study Bible
Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.

New American Standard Bible
And the man Micah had a shrine and he made an ephod and household idols, and consecrated one of his sons, so that he might become his priest.

NASB 1995
And the man Micah had a shrine and he made an ephod and household idols and consecrated one of his sons, that he might become his priest.

NASB 1977
And the man Micah had a shrine and he made an ephod and household idols and consecrated one of his sons, that he might become his priest.

Amplified Bible
Now the man Micah had a house of gods (shrine), and he made an ephod and teraphim and dedicated and installed one of his sons, who became his [personal] priest.

Christian Standard Bible
This man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household idols, and installed one of his sons to be his priest.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
This man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household idols, and installed one of his sons to be his priest.

Contemporary English Version
He had a shrine for worshiping God there at his home, and he had made some idols and a sacred priestly vest. Micah chose one of his own sons to be the priest for his shrine.

Good News Translation
This man Micah had his own place of worship. He made some idols and an ephod, and appointed one of his sons as his priest.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Micah owned a shrine. He also made an ephod and household idols. He ordained one of his sons to be his priest.

International Standard Version
This man Micah had his own shrine, had crafted his own ephod and some household idols, and had installed one of his sons as a priest.

NET Bible
Now this man Micah owned a shrine. He made an ephod and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
The man Micah had a shrine, and made an ephod and household idols; and he consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

King James 2000 Bible
And the man Micah had a shrine, and made an ephod, and household gods, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

New Heart English Bible
The man Micah had a house of God, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

World English Bible
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.

American King James Version
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.

American Standard Version
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.

A Faithful Version
And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod and household gods, and anointed one of his sons who became his priest.

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And this man Michah had an house of gods, & made an Ephod, and Teraphim, & cosecrated one of his sonnes, who was his Priest.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And the man Micah had an house of goddes, and made an Ephod and Theraphim, and consecrated one of his sonnes, which became his prieste.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And thus the man Micha had a gods house, & made an ouerbody cote, & Idols, and fylled ye handes of one of his sonnes, yt he mighte be his prest.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
As for the man Micah, he has a house of gods, and he makes an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrates the hand of one of his sons, and he is for a priest to him;

Young's Literal Translation
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;

Smith's Literal Translation
And the man Micah to him a house of gods; and he will make an ephod and a teraphim, and he will fill the hand of one of his sons, and he will be to him for priest.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he separated also therein a little temple for the god, and made an ephod, and theraphim, that is to say, a priestly garment, and idols: and he filled the hand of one of his sons, and he became his priest.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he also separated in it a little shrine for the god. And he made an ephod and theraphim, that is, a priestly garment and idols. And he filled the hand of one of his sons, and he became his priest.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the man Mikah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod and a breastplate, and he consecrated the hand of one of his sons, and he was a Priest to him

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

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the man Micah had a house of God, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the house of Michaias was to him the house of God, and he made an ephod and theraphin, and he consecrated one of his sons, and he became to him a priest.
















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