God’s Word Translation
Judges 17:13
13Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me. I have a Levite for my priest.”
Judges 17:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then said Micah, Now know I that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
- New International Version (NIV)And Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then Micah said, "Now I know that the Lord will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, since I have a Levite as priest!”
Context of Judges 17:13
11and agreed to live with Micah. The young man became like one of Micah’s sons. 12Micah ordained the Levite. So the young man became his priest and a part of his family. Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me. I have a Levite for my priest.”
Read all of Judges 17Judges 17:13 word by word
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מִיכָ֔ה עַתָּ֣ה יָדַ֔עְתִּי כִּֽי־יֵיטִ֥יב יְהוָ֖ה לִ֑י כִּ֧י הָיָה־לִ֛י הַלֵּוִ֖י לְכֹהֵֽן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Judges 17:13
- Proverbs 14:12There is a way that seems right to a person, but eventually it ends in death.
- Isaiah 44:20They eat ashes because they are deceived. Their own misguided minds lead them astray. They can’t rescue themselves or ask themselves, “Isn’t what I hold in my right hand a false god?”
- Isaiah 6:3They called to each other and said, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Armies! The whole earth is filled with his glory.”
- Matthew 15:9Their worship of me is pointless, because their teachings are rules made by humans.’ ”
- John 16:2You will be thrown out of synagogues. Certainly, the time is coming when people who murder you will think that they are serving God.
- Acts 26:9“I used to think that I had to do a lot of things to oppose the one named Jesus of Nazareth.
- Romans 10:2I can assure you that they are deeply devoted to God, but they are misguided.
Commentaries on Judges 17:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Now know I that the Lord will do me good - As he had already provided an epitome of the tabernacle, a model of the ark, mercy-seat, and cherubim; and had got proper sacerdotal vestments, and a Levite to officiate; he took for granted that all was right, and that he should now have the benediction of God. Some think that he expected great gain from the concourse of the people to his temple; but of this there is no evidence in the text. Micah appears to…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13This shows the ignorance as well as the superstition of the age (compare 2 Kings 18:22), and gives a picture of the lawlessness of the times. The incidental testimony to the Levitical priesthood is to be noted; but the idolatrous worship in the immediate neighborhood of Shiloh is passing strange.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 Micah thought it was a sign of God's favour to him and his images, that a Levite should come to his door. Thus those who please themselves with their own delusions, if Providence unexpectedly bring any thing to their hands that further them in their evil way, are apt from thence to think that God is pleased with them.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13In Micah’s view, hiring a priest made the shrine seem more legitimate. However, he believed the Lord would bless him due to superstition, not obedience. Micah’s disregard for God’s covenant would lead to a curse that no unemployed Levite could prevent. Micah was not the last Israelite to seek a priest or Levite to legitimize improper religious practices (compare 1 Kings 12:28–31; 2 Kings 16:10–18).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Now know I that the Lord will do me good--The removal of his son, followed by the installation of this Levite into the priestly office, seems to have satisfied his conscience, that by what he deemed the orderly ministrations of religion he would prosper. This expression of his hope evinces the united influence of ignorance and superstition.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Judges 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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