The leech has two daughters; “Give, give,” they cry. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough”:
Judges 18:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Then the priest accepted the offer. He took the ephod, the teraphim, and the idol and went along with the people. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people. American Standard Version (1901) And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people. Common English Bible The priest was convinced, so he took the priestly vest, the divine images, and the sculpted image and went along with the people. Catholic Public Domain Version And when he had heard this, he agreed to their words. And he took the ephod, and the idols, and the graven image, and he set out with them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When he had heard this, he agreed to their words, and took the ephod, and the idols, and the graven god, and departed with them. |
The leech has two daughters; “Give, give,” they cry. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough”:
The dogs have a mighty appetite; they never have enough. The shepherds also have no understanding; they have all turned to their own way, to their own gain, one and all.
You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, putting to death those who should not die and keeping alive those who should not live, by your lies to my people, who listen to lies.
For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the fork in the two roads, to use divination; he shakes the arrows; he consults the teraphim; he inspects the liver.
Therefore the land mourns, and all who live in it languish; together with the wild animals and the birds of the air, even the fish of the sea are perishing.
“You shall make for yourselves no idols and erect no carved images or pillars, and you shall not place figured stones in your land, to worship at them, for I am the Lord your God.
Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things.
And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced against them long ago, has not been idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
Then Micah said to him, “Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a set of clothes, and your living.”
They said to him, “Keep quiet! Put your hand over your mouth, and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one person or to be priest to a tribe and clan in Israel?”
So they resumed their journey, putting the little ones, the livestock, and the goods in front of them.