Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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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; every man did what was right in his own eyes. 7 Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there. 8 And the man departed from the town of Bethlehem in Judah, to live where he could find a place; and as he journeyed, he came to the hill country of E'phraim to the house of Micah.
Cross References
Ruth 1:1-2
And it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man went from Bethlehem-Judah, to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
Micah 5:2
(And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall he come forth unto me who is to be Ruler in Israel: whose goings forth are from of old, from the days of eternity.)
Matthew 2:1
Now Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, behold magi from the east arrived at Jerusalem, saying,
Matthew 2:5-6
And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judaea; for thus it is written through the prophet:
Genesis 35:19
And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
Joshua 19:15
and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Jidalah, and Beth-lehem: twelve cities and their hamlets.
Judges 19:1-2
In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was sojourning in the remote parts of the hill country of E'phraim, who took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.