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Judges 17:7
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KJ21
And there was a young man out of Bethlehem in Judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
ASV
And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.
AMP
Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, from the family [of the tribe] of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was staying there [temporarily].
AMPC
And there was a young man in Bethlehem of Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.
BRG
¶ And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
CSB
There was a young man, a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who was staying within the clan of Judah.
CSBA
There was a young man, a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who was staying within the clan of Judah.
CEB
Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, from the area of the Judahite clan. He was a Levite residing there as an immigrant.
CJB
There was a young man from Beit-Lechem in Y’hudah, from the family of Y’hudah, who was a Levi. He had been staying
CEV
One day a young Levite came to Micah's house in the hill country of Ephraim. He had been staying with one of the clans of Judah in Bethlehem, but he had left Bethlehem to find a new place to live where he could be a priest.
DARBY
And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-Judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
DRA
There was also another young man of Bethlehem Juda, of the kindred thereof: and he was a Levite, and dwelt there.
ERV
There was a young man who was a Levite from the city of Bethlehem in Judah. He had been living among the tribe of Judah.
EASY
There was a young man who lived in Bethlehem, a town in Judah. He was a Levite.
EHV
Meanwhile, there was a young man from Bethlehem of Judah, a city which belonged to a clan of Judah. He was a Levite, but he resided in Bethlehem even though he was not a Judean.
ESV
Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
ESVUK
Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
EXB
There was a young man who was a Levite [C the priestly tribe of Israel; Num. 1:47–53] from the city of Bethlehem in Judah who was ·from [or living among] the people of Judah.
GNV
¶ There was also a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah: who was a Levite, and sojourned there.
GW
There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. (Bethlehem belongs to the family of Judah.) He was a Levite but was living in Bethlehem.
GNT
At that same time there was a young Levite who had been living in the town of Bethlehem in Judah.
HCSB
There was a young man, a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who resided within the clan of Judah.
ICB
There was a young man who was a Levite. He was from the city of Bethlehem in the land of Judah. He had been living with the people of Judah.
ISV
A young male descendant of Levi happened to be visiting there from Bethlehem in the territory of Judah.
JUB
¶ And there was a young man out of Bethlehem of Judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
KJV
And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
AKJV
And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
LSB
And there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was sojourning there.
LEB
There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, from the clan of Judah; he was a Levite and was dwelling as a foreigner there.
TLB
One day a young priest from the town of Bethlehem, in Judah, arrived in that area of Ephraim, looking for a good place to live. He happened to stop at Micah’s house as he was traveling through.
MSG
Meanwhile there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah and from a family of Judah. He was a Levite but was a stranger there. He left that town, Bethlehem in Judah, seeking his fortune. He got as far as the hill country of Ephraim and showed up at Micah’s house.
MEV
There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite from Judah, and he stayed as a resident foreigner there.
NOG
There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. (Bethlehem belongs to the family of Judah.) He was a Levite but was living in Bethlehem.
NABRE
There was a young man from Bethlehem of Judah, from the clan of Judah; he was a Levite residing there.
NASB
Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was staying there.
NASB1995
Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was staying there.
NCB
There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was living among the clan of Judah.
NCV
There was a young man who was a Levite from the city of Bethlehem in Judah who was from the people of Judah.
NET
There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah.
NIRV
A young Levite had been living in land that belonged to the tribe of Judah. He was from Bethlehem in Judah.
NIV
A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan of Judah,
NIVUK
A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan of Judah,
NKJV
Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah; he was a Levite, and was staying there.
NLV
Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite, of the family of Judah, and he was staying there.
NLT
One day a young Levite, who had been living in Bethlehem in Judah, arrived in that area.
NRSVA
Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the clan of Judah. He was a Levite residing there.
NRSVACE
Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the clan of Judah. He was a Levite residing there.
NRSVCE
Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the clan of Judah. He was a Levite residing there.
NRSVUE
Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the clan of Judah. He was a Levite residing there.
OJB
Meanwhile there was a na’ar from Beit-Lechem Yehudah of the mishpakhat Yehudah, who was a Levi, and he sojourned there.
RGT
There was also a young man from Bethlehem, Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite and had sojourned there.
RSV
Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.
RSVCE
Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.
TLV
Now there was a young man from Bethlehem of Judah—of the clan of Judah—who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
VOICE
Now in Bethlehem in Judah, there was a young man who was a Levite, from the tribe of priests, and he was sojourning among the clan of Judah.
WEB
There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.
WYC
Also another young waxing man was of Bethlehem of Judah, of the kindred of Judah, and he was a deacon, and dwelled there. (And there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the tribe of Judah, and he was a Levite, and lived there.)
YLT
And there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he [is] a Levite, and he [is] a sojourner there.
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