Judges 17:4 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJudges 17:4 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיָּ֥שֶׁב
shûwb
H7725
to return
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַכֶּ֖סֶף
keçeph
H3701
silver
לְאִמּ֑וֹ
ʼêm
H517
mother
וַתִּקַּ֣ח
lâqach
H3947
to take
אִמּוֹ֩
ʼêm
H517
mother
מָאתַ֨יִם
mêʼâh
H3967
hundred
כֶּ֜סֶף
keçeph
H3701
silver
וַתִּתְּנֵ֣הוּ
nâthan
H5414
to give
לַצּוֹרֵ֗ף
tsâraph
H6884
to refine
וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֨הוּ֙
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
פֶּ֣סֶל
peçel
H6459
idol
וּמַסֵּכָ֔ה
maççêkâh
H4541
molten image
וַיְהִ֖י
hâyâh
H1961
to be
בְּבֵ֥ית
bayith
H1004
house
מִיכָֽיְהוּ
Mîykâhûw
H4319
Michaiah
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World English Bible Public Domain
When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred [pieces] of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made of it an engraved image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Micah.
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King James Version Public Domain
Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took 200 silver and she gave it to a refiner. And he made it an idol and a molded image, and it was in the house of Micah.
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