To have respect of persons is not good: for, for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
Judges 18:4 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he said to them, Thus and thus Micah deals with me and has hired me, and I am his priest. American Standard Version (1901) And he said unto them, Thus and thus hath Micah dealt with me, and he hath hired me, and I am become his priest. Common English Bible “Micah has done a lot for me,” he replied to them. “He hired me to be his personal priest.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he answered them, "Micah has offered me one thing and another, and he has paid me wages, so that I may be his priest." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He answered them: Michas hath done such and such things for me, and hath hired me to be his priest. |
To have respect of persons is not good: for, for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?
Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
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.
And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?
And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.