Judges 17:4
2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.
3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.
Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
5 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and 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, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah.
- KJV
- Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
- WEB
- When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to a silversmith, who made a carved image and a molten image out of it. It was in the house of Micah.
- ASV
- And when he restored the money unto his mother, his mother took two hundred [pieces] of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Micah.
- DARBY
- Now he restored the silver to his mother; and his mother took two hundred silver-pieces and gave them to the founder, and he made of them a graven image and a molten image; and they were in the house of Micah.
- BLB
- And he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took two hundred [shekels] of silver and gave them to the silversmith, and he made it into a carved image and a molten image, and they were in the house of Micah.
- ÅB
- Han gav da pengene tilbake til sin mor; og hans mor tok to hundre sekel sølv og gav det til en gullsmed, og for disse penger gjorde han et utskåret bilde med et støpt fotstykke; det var siden i Mikas hus.
- OTB
- Etter at han ga sølvet tilbake til sin mor, tok hun to hundre sølvstykker og ga dem til en sølvsmed, som laget dem til et utskåret bilde og et metallbilde, som ble plassert i Mikas hus.
- B1930
- Han gav da pengene tilbake til sin mor; og hans mor tok to hundre sekel sølv og gav det til en gullsmed, og for disse penger gjorde han et utskåret billede med et støpt fotstykke; det var siden i Mikas hus.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 46:6–7
They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:9–10
Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
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