Parallel Verses

King James 2000

And the man Micah had a shrine, and made an ephod, and household gods, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

New American Standard Bible

And the man Micah had a shrine and he made an ephod and household idols and consecrated one of his sons, that he might become his priest.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

This man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household idols, and installed one of his sons to be his priest.

International Standard Version

This man Micah had his own shrine, had crafted his own ephod and some household idols, and had installed one of his sons as a priest.

A Conservative Version

And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

American Standard Version

And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

Amplified

Now the man Micah had a house of gods (shrine), and he made an ephod and teraphim and dedicated and installed one of his sons, who became his [personal] priest.

Bible in Basic English

And the man Micah had a house of gods; and he made an ephod and family gods and put one of his sons in the position of priest.

Darby Translation

And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and teraphim, and installed one of his sons, who became his priest.

Julia Smith Translation

And the man Micah to him a house of gods; and he will make an ephod and a teraphim, and he will fill the hand of one of his sons, and he will be to him for priest

Lexham Expanded Bible

The man Micah had for himself {a shrine}, and he made an ephod and teraphim, and {he appointed one of his sons} who became a priest for him.

Modern King James verseion

And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod and household gods, and anointed one of his sons, who became his priest.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the man Micah had a chapel of gods, and made an ephod and images, and filled the hand of one of his sons which became his priest.

NET Bible

Now this man Micah owned a shrine. He made an ephod and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest.

New Heart English Bible

The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

The Emphasized Bible

Now, the man Micah, had a house of gods, - and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and installed one of his sons, who became his priest.

Webster

And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

World English Bible

The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

Youngs Literal Translation

As to the man Micah, he hath a house of gods, and he maketh an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrateth the hand of one of his sons, and he is to him for a priest;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

מיכה 
Miykah 
Usage: 32

had an house
בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

of gods
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

an ephod
אפד אפוד 
'ephowd 
Usage: 49

and teraphim
תּרפים 
T@raphiym 
Usage: 15

one
אחד 
'echad 
Usage: 432

Context Readings

Micah's Idolatry

4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the silversmith, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah. 5 And the man Micah had a shrine, and made an ephod, and household gods, 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.


Cross References

Genesis 31:19

And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.

Judges 8:27

And Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went there and played the harlot with it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

Judges 18:14

Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and household gods, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what you have to do.

Genesis 31:30

And now, though you would wish to be gone, because you greatly longed after your father's house, yet why have you stolen my gods?

Judges 18:24

And he said, you have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and you are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that you say unto me, What ails you?

Exodus 28:15

And you shall make the breastplate of judgment with skillful work; like the work of the ephod you shall make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shall you make it.

Exodus 29:9

And you shall gird them with belts, Aaron and his sons, and put the turbans on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.

Hosea 3:4

For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:

Exodus 24:5

And he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.

Exodus 28:4

And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and an embroidered coat, a turban, and a band: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

1 Samuel 23:6

And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

1 Kings 12:31

And he made a house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

1 Kings 13:33-34

After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

Ezra 1:7

Also Cyrus the king brought forth the articles of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;

Hosea 8:14

For Israel has forgotten his Maker, and builds temples; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour his palaces.

Hebrews 5:4

And no man takes this honor unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

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