8And 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.


In Context

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.|

10 And Micah said to him, |Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, and a suit of apparel, and your living.|

Judges 17:8 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:8left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way he came to Micah's house in the hill country of Ephraim.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:8And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find [a place:] and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:8Now he went out from the city of Bethlehem, and desired to sojourn wheresoever he should find it convenient for him. And when he was come to mount Ephraim, as he was on his journey, and had turned aside a little into the house of Michas,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:8And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find a place , and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:8And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:8And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:8The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to live where he could find [a place], and he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he traveled.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:8And the man goeth out of the city, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah, to sojourn where he doth find, and cometh to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, to work his way.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:8And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.