Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, from the clan of Judah; he [was] a Levite and [was] dwelling as a foreigner there.
New American Standard Bible
Now there was a young man from
King James Version
And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
Holman Bible
There was a young man, a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who resided within the clan of Judah.
International Standard Version
A young male descendant of Levi happened to be visiting there from Bethlehem in the territory of Judah.
A Conservative Version
And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
American Standard Version
And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.
Amplified
Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, from the family [of the tribe] of Judah, who was a
Bible in Basic English
Now there was a young man living in Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah and a Levite, who was not a townsman of the place.
Darby Translation
Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.
Julia Smith Translation
And there will be a youth from the House of Bread, of Judah, from the families of Judah, and he a Levite, and he sojourned there.
King James 2000
And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
Modern King James verseion
And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-judah of the family of Judah, and he was a Levite. And he stayed there.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And there was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, and out of the kindreds of Judah: which young man was a Levite and sojourned there.
NET Bible
There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah.
New Heart English Bible
There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.
The Emphasized Bible
And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-judah, of the family of Judah, - he, being a Levite, and, he, being a sojourner there.
Webster
And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
World English Bible
There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.
Youngs Literal Translation
And there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he is a Levite, and he is a sojourner there.
Themes
Bethlehem » A city » A city southwest of jerusalem » And beth-lehem-judah
Bethlehem » A city » A city southwest of jerusalem
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 17:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Micah Hires A Professional
6 In those days there was no king in Israel, and each one did what was right in his own eyes. 7 There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, from the clan of Judah; he [was] a Levite and [was] dwelling as a foreigner there. 8 And the man went from the town of Bethlehem in Judah to live as a foreigner wherever he could find [a place]. And he came [to] the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, to continue his journey.
Cross References
Ruth 1:1-2
And it happened in the days [when] {the judges ruled}, there was a famine in the land, and a man from Bethlehem [of] Judah went {to reside} in the countryside of Moab--he and his wife and his two sons.
Micah 5:2
But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, [too] small to be among the clans of Judah, from you one will go out for me, to be ruler in Israel; and his origins [are] from of old, from ancient days.
Matthew 2:1
Now [after] Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,
Matthew 2:5-6
So they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet,
Genesis 35:19
And Rachel died and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that [is], Bethlehem).
Joshua 19:15
Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem; twelve cities and their villages.
Judges 19:1-2
In those days there was no king in Israel; there was a man, a Levite, who dwelled as a foreigner in the remote areas of the hill country of Ephraim. And he took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.