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


In Context

4 And he restored them to his mother: and she took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith, to make of them a graven and a molten god, which was in the house of Michas.

5 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.

6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every one did that which seemed right to himself.

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

8 Now 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,

9 He was asked by him whence he came. And he answered: I am a Levite of Bethlehem Juda, and I am going to dwell where I can, and where I shall find a place to my advantage.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:7Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in 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.