Passage

Judges 18.15

Book: Judges · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"13. And they passed thence unto the hill-country of Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah. 14. Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do."

"15. And they turned aside thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare."

"16. And the six hundred men girt with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate. 17. And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men girt with weapons of war." (Judges 18:13-17, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"13. They passed from there to the hill country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah. 14. Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered, and said to their brothers, “Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and an engraved image, and a molten image? Now therefore consider what you have to do.”"

"15. They turned aside there, and came to the house of the young Levite man, even to the house of Micah, and asked him how he was doing."

"16. The six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate. 17. The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the engraved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war." (Judges 18:13-17, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"13. And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah. 14. Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do."

"15. And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him. ^{saluted: Heb. asked him of peace}"

"16. And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate. 17. And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war." (Judges 18:13-17, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"13. And they pass over thence [to] the hill-country of Ephraim, and come in unto the house of Micah. 14. And the five men, those going to traverse the land of Laish, answer and say unto their brethren, 'Have ye known that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and graven image, and molten image? and now, know what ye do.'"

"15. And they turn aside thither, and come in unto the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, and ask of him of welfare, --"

"16. (and the six hundred men girded with their weapons of war, who [are] of the sons of Dan, are standing at the opening of the gate),, 17. yea, the five men, those going to traverse the land, go up, they have come in thither, they have taken the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, and the priest is standing at the opening of the gate, and the six hundred men who are girded with weapons of war --" (Judges 18:13-17, YLT)

Setting

Speaker: TBD
Audience: TBD
Location: TBD
Time period: TBD

Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

H7592 - shaal

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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