5The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.


In Context

2 He said to his mother, |The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.| His mother said, |Blessed be my son of Yahweh.|

3 He restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, |I most certainly dedicate the silver to Yahweh from my hand for my son, to make an engraved image and a molten image. Now therefore I will restore it to you.|

4 When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made of it an engraved image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Micah.

5 The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

6 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

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

Judges 17:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:5Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some idols and installed one of his sons as his priest.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:5And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:5And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:5And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:5And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and teraphim, and installed one of his sons, who became his priest.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:5And the man Micah had an house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:5And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:5As to the man Micah, he hath a house of gods, and he maketh an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrateth the hand of one of his sons, and he is to him for a priest;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:5And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.