Judges 17:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁸ The man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to stay wherever he could find a place. On his way he came to Micah’s home in the hill country of Ephraim.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And the man departed from the town of Bethlehem in Judah to sojourn where he could find a place, and as he journeyed he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find a place, and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

Common English Bible

⁸ The man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to settle as an immigrant wherever he could find a place. He came to Micah’s house in the Ephraim highlands while he was making his way.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Then, departing from the city of Bethlehem, he wished to sojourn wherever he would find it beneficial to himself. And when he had arrived at mount Ephraim, while making the journey, he also turned aside for a little while to the house of Micah.

Judges 17:8 Cross References

Joshua 24:33

And Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah,  which had been given to his son Phinehas  in the hill country of Ephraim.

Judges 17:11

and agreed to stay with the man, and the young man became like one of his sons.

Judges 17:7

There was a young man, a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who was staying within the clan of Judah.

Judges 17:9

‘Where do you come from? ’ Micah asked him. He answered him, ‘I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I’m going to stay wherever I can find a place.’

Ruth 1:1

During the time  of the judges,  there was a famine in the land.  A man left Bethlehem  in Judah with his wife and two sons to stay in the territory of Moab for a while.