18When these men went into Micah's house and took the carved image, the ephod, the other household gods and the cast idol, the priest said to them, "What are you doing?"


In Context

15 So they turned in there and went to the house of the young Levite at Micah's place and greeted him.

16 The six hundred Danites, armed for battle, stood at the entrance to the gate.

17 The five men who had spied out the land went inside and took the carved image, the ephod, the other household gods and the cast idol while the priest and the six hundred armed men stood at the entrance to the gate.

18 When these men went into Micah's house and took the carved image, the ephod, the other household gods and the cast idol, the priest said to them, "What are you doing?"

19 They answered him, "Be quiet! Don't say a word. Come with us, and be our father and priest. Isn't it better that you serve a tribe and clan in Israel as priest rather than just one man's household?"

20 Then the priest was glad. He took the ephod, the other household gods and the carved image and went along with the people.

Judges 18:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:18And these went into Micah’s house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:18So they that were gone in took away the graven thing, the ephod, and the idols, and the molten god. And the priest said to them: What are you doing?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:18And when these went into Micah's house, and fetched the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said unto them, What do ye?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:18And when these went into Micah's house and took the graven image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said to them, |What are you doing?|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:18And when these went into Micah's house and fetched the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said unto them, What do ye?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:18And these went into Micah's house, and brought the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest to them, What do ye?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:18When these went into Micah's house, and fetched the engraved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said to them, |What are you doing?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:18yea, these have entered the house of Micah, and take the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest saith unto them, 'What are ye doing?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:18And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest to them, What do you?