Skip to content
mannafest.faith
Read

Judges 18:19

“Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And 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?

KJV

And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

⋯

Commentary

2 voices

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

25 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩vai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559 →
ל֨וֹloto <the> him
הַחֲרֵ֜שׁha.cha.Reshkeep quietH2790 →
שִֽׂים־sim-putH7760 →
יָדְךָ֤ya.de.Khahand yourH3027 →
עַל־'al-overH5921 →
פִּ֙יךָ֙pi.khamouth yourH6310 →
וְלֵ֣ךְve.Lekhand comeH1980 →
עִמָּ֔נוּ'i.Ma.nuwith usH5973 →
וֶֽהְיֵה־veh.yeh-and becomeH1961 →
לָ֖נוּLa.nuof us
לְאָ֣בle.'Av<into> a fatherH1 →
וּלְכֹהֵ֑ןu.le.kho.Henand <into> a priestH3548 →
הֲט֣וֹב׀ha.Tov¿ goodH2896 →
הֱיוֹתְךָ֣he.yot.Kha[is] being youH1961 →
כֹהֵ֗ןkho.Hena priestH3548 →
לְבֵית֙le.Veitof [the] house ofH1004 →
אִ֣ישׁ'isha manH376 →
אֶחָ֔ד'e.ChadoneH259 →
א֚וֹ'oor?H176 →
הֱיוֹתְךָ֣he.yot.Khabeing youH1961 →
כֹהֵ֔ןkho.Hena priestH3548 →
לְשֵׁ֥בֶטle.She.vetof a tribeH7626 →
וּלְמִשְׁפָּחָ֖הu.le.mish.pa.Chahand of a clanH4940 →
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃be.Yis.ra.'Elin IsraelH3478 →

The walk

Related verses

11 strongest cross-references

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Job 21:5Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.Job 29:9The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.Judges 17:10“Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the Levite went inJob 40:4“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.Micah 7:16Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.Proverbs 30:32If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.Matthew 23:9And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.2 Kings 13:14When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”Job 40:4–5“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.2 Kings 8:8–9So the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand, go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”2 Kings 6:21And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”

About Judges

The Death of Samson — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Death of Samson — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Judges: the study guide →Read chapter 18 →The featured study →
Continue: Judges 18 →