9Micah said to him, |Where did you come from?| He said to him, |I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I am looking for a place to live.|


In Context

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.

8 The 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.

9 Micah said to him, |Where did you come from?| He said to him, |I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I am looking for a place to live.|

10 Micah said to him, |Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, a suit of clothing, and your food.| So the Levite went in.

11 The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.

Judges 17:9 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:9Micah asked him, "Where are you from?" "I'm a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah," he said, "and I'm looking for a place to stay."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:9And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I [am] a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place. ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:9He 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:9And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place .

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:9And 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.|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:9And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:9And Micah said to him, Whence comest thou? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:9And Micah saith to him, 'Whence comest thou?' and he saith unto him, 'A Levite am I, of Beth-Lehem-Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I do find.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:9And Micah said to him, From where come you? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.