Judges 17:7
Modern Translations
New International Version
A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan of Judah,

New Living Translation
One day a young Levite, who had been living in Bethlehem in Judah, arrived in that area.

English Standard Version
Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

Berean Study Bible
And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.

New American Standard Bible
Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was staying there.

NASB 1995
Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was staying there.

NASB 1977
Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was staying there.

Amplified Bible
Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, from the family [of the tribe] of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was staying there [temporarily].

Christian Standard Bible
There was a young man, a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who was staying within the clan of Judah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There was a young man, a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who resided within the clan of Judah.

Good News Translation
At that same time there was a young Levite who had been living in the town of Bethlehem in Judah.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. (Bethlehem belongs to the family of Judah.) He was a Levite but was living in Bethlehem.

International Standard Version
A young male descendant of Levi happened to be visiting there from Bethlehem in the territory of Judah.

NET Bible
There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

New King James Version
Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah; he was a Levite, and was staying there.

King James 2000 Bible
And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

New Heart English Bible
There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.

World English Bible
There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.

American King James Version
And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

American Standard Version
And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.

A Faithful Version
And there was a young man out of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, and he was a Levite. And he sojourned there.

Darby Bible Translation
And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-Judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

English Revised Version
And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

Webster's Bible Translation
And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
There was also a yong man out of Bethlehem Iudah, of the familie of Iudah: who was a Leuite, and soiourned there.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And there was a young man out of Bethlehem Iuda, of the kynred of Iuda, which young man was a Leuite, & soiourned there.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
There was a yoge man of Bethleem Iuda, amoge the kynreds of Iuda, and he was a Leuite, and was a straunger there.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he [is] a Levite, and he [is] a sojourner there.

Young's Literal Translation
And there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he is a Levite, and he is a sojourner there.

Smith's Literal Translation
And there will be a youth from the House of Bread, of Judah, from the families of Judah, and he a Levite, and he sojourned there.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
There was also another young man of Bethlehem Juda, of the kindred thereof: and he was a Levite, and dwelt there.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Also, there was another young man, from Bethlehem of Judah, one of his relatives. And he himself was a Levite, and he was living there.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And there was a young man from Bayth Lekhem of Yehuda, and his name was Levi, and he was dwelling there

Lamsa Bible
Now there was a young man from Bethlehem of Judah, whose name was Levi, and he sojourned there.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem in Judah--in the family of Judah--who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And there was a young man in Bethleem of the tribe of Juda, and he was a Levite, and he was sojourning there.
















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