Judges 17:9 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁹ And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth–lehem–judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ And Micah said to him, From where do you come? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

Common English Bible

⁹ “Where are you from?” Micah asked him. He replied, “I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I’m looking to settle as an immigrant anywhere I can find a place.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And he was asked by him where he came from. And he responded: "I am a Levite from Bethlehem of Judah. And I am traveling so that I may live where I am able, if I perceive it to be useful to me."

Judges 17:9 Cross References

Judges 17:10

And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.

Judges 17:7

And there was a young man out of Beth–lehem–judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

Judges 17:8

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 E´phra-im to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.