Judges 17:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Judges 17:4

2 And he said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you, and on which you ^aput a curse, even saying it in my ears—here is the silver with me; I took it.” And his mother said, ^b“May you be blessed by the Lord, my son!”

3 So when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, “I had wholly dedicated the silver from my hand to the Lord for my son, to ^amake a carved image and a molded image; now therefore, I will return it to you.”

4 Thus he returned the silver to his mother. Then his mother ^atook two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to the silversmith, and he made it into a carved image and a molded image; and they were in the house of Micah.

5 The man Micah had a ^ashrine, and made an ^bephod and ^chousehold idols; and he consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

6 ^aIn those days there was no king in Israel; ^beveryone did what was right in his own eyes.

Verse Comparison: Judges 17:4

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American Standard Version
And when he restored the money unto his mother, his mother took two hundred `pieces' of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Micah.

Amplified® Bible
So when he restored the money to his mother, she took 200 pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith, who made of it a graven image and a molten image; and they were in the house of Micah.

Contemporary English Version
(SEE 17:3)

Darby English Version
So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a graven image and a molten image; and it was in the house of Micah.

Good News Bible
Then he gave them back to his mother. She took two hundred of the pieces of silver and gave them to a metalworker, who made an idol, carving it from wood and covering it with the silver. It was placed in Micah's house.

King James Version
Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.

New American Standard Bible
So when he returned the silver to his mother, his mother took two hundred {pieces} of silver and gave them to the silversmith who made them into a graven image and a molten image, and they were in the house of Micah.

New International Version
So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into the image and the idol. And they were put in Micah's house.

New King James Version
Thus he returned the silver to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to the silversmith, and he made it into a carved image and a molded image; and they were in the house of Micah.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So when he returned the silver to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith who made them into a graven image and a molten image, and they stood in the house of Micah.

Revised Standard Version
So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a graven image and a molten image; and it was in the house of Micah.

Young's Literal Translation
And he giveth back the money to his mother, and his mother taketh two hundred silverlings, and giveth them to a refiner, and he maketh them a graven image, and a molten image, and it is in the house of Micah.

New English Translation
When he gave the silver back to his mother, she¹ took two hundred pieces of silver² to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a metal image. She then put them in Micah’s house.³

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