Judges 18:24

22 After they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men in the houses near Micah’s house mobilized and overtook the Danites.

23 When they called out after them, the Danites turned to face them and said to Micah, “What is the matter with you that you have called out such a company?”

He replied, “You took the gods I had made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you say to me, ‘What is the matter with you?’”

25 The Danites said to him, “Do not raise your voice against us, or angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”

26 So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
He replied, “You took the gods I had made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you say to me, ‘What is the matter with you?’”
KJV
And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?
WEB
He said, “You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and have gone away! What more do I have? How can you ask me, ‘What ails you?’”
ASV
And he said, ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and are gone away, and what have I more? and how then say ye unto me, What aileth thee?
DARBY
And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away; and what have I more? and what is this that ye say to me, What aileth thee?
BLB
And he said, “My gods that I made you⁺ have taken, and the priest, and you⁺ have gone away. And what more [is] unto me? And what [is] this you⁺ say to me: ‘What ails you?’”
ÅB
Han svarte: Dere har tatt mine guder som jeg har gjort meg, og presten med, og har draget bort; hva har jeg så tilbake? Hvordan kan dere da spørre meg hva jeg vil?
OTB
Han svarte: "Dere har tatt gudene jeg laget og min prest, og har dratt av sted. Hva annet har jeg? Hvordan kan dere spørre: ‘Hva er i veien med deg?’"
B1930
Han svarte: I har tatt mine guder som jeg har gjort mig, og presten med, og har draget bort; hvad har jeg så tilbake? Hvorledes kan I da spørre mig hvad jeg vil?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Habakkuk 2:18–19

    What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.

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  • Psalms 115:8

    Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.

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  • Isaiah 44:18–20

    They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.

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  • Judges 17:13

    Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”

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  • Jeremiah 51:17

    Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.

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  • Ezekiel 23:5

    Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors

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  • Jeremiah 50:38

    A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.

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  • Acts 19:26

    And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.

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