7Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.


In Context

4 So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a graven image and a molten image; and it was in the house of Micah.

5 And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and teraphim, and installed one of his sons, who became his priest.

6 In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.

7 Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.

8 And the man departed from the town of Bethlehem in Judah, to live where he could find a place; and as he journeyed, he came to the hill country of E'phraim to the house of Micah.

9 And Micah said to him, |From where do you come?| And he said to him, |I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I may find a place.|

Judges 17:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:7A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan of Judah,

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:7And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who [was] a Levite, and he sojourned there.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:7There was also another young man of Bethlehem Juda, of the kindred thereof: and he was a Levite, and dwelt there.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:7And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:7And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:7And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:7There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:7And 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:7And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.