Judges 18:20
What does Judges 18:20 mean?
A plain-English look at Judges 18:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod and the family gods and the pictured image and went with the people.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the heart of the priest is glad, and he taketh the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and goeth into the midst of the people,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752When he heard this, he agreed to their words, and took the ephod, and the idols, and the graven god, and departed with them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Then 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.
Context
v.19And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
v.20This passage
v.21So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 20:33
I coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.
- Hosea 4:3
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
- Isaiah 56:11
Yea, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds that cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
- Proverbs 30:15
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, Yea, four that say not, Enough:
- 2 Peter 2:3
And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.
- Philippians 3:19
whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.