New English Translation
Judges 17:13
13Micah said, “Now I know God will make me rich, because I have this Levite as 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
11So the Levite agreed to stay with the man; the young man was like a son to Micah. 12Micah paid the Levite; the young man became his priest and lived in Micah’s house. Micah said, “Now I know God will make me rich, because I have this Levite as 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 its end is the way that leads to death.
- Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, ‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’
- Isaiah 6:3They called out to one another, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord who commands armies! His majestic splendor fills the entire earth!”
- Matthew 15:9and they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
- John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogue, yet a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God.
- Acts 26:9Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
- Romans 10:2For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.
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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