Judges 18 · Verse 31

Judges 18:31

And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
Judges 18:31, King James Version

Judges 18:31 in other translations

BSBSo they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.
WEBSo they set up for themselves Micah’s engraved image which he made, and it remained all the time that God’s house was in Shiloh.
ASVSo they set them up Micah’s graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
YLTAnd they appoint for them the graven image of Micah, which he had made, all the days of the house of God being in Shiloh.
DARBYAnd they set up for themselves Micah's graven image, which he had made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
BBEAnd they put up for themselves the image which Micah had made, and it was there all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
WebsterAnd they set up for themselves Micah's graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

What does Judges 18:31 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 18:30-31

30-31. the children of Dan set up the graven image--Their distance secluded them from the rest of the Israelites, and doubtless this, which was their apology for not going to Shiloh, was the cause of perpetuating idolatry among them for many generations.

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Judges 18:31 in the original Hebrew

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וַיָּשִׂ֣ימוּvai.ya.Si.muand they set upH7760
לָהֶ֔םla.Hemfor <the> themselves
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
פֶּ֥סֶלPe.sel[the] carved image ofH6459
מִיכָ֖הmi.KhahMicahH4318
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
עָשָׂ֑ה'a.Sahhe had madeH6213
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
יְמֵ֛יye.Mei[the] days ofH3117
הֱי֥וֹתhe.Yot[the] being ofH1961
בֵּית\־beit-[the] house ofH1004
הָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
בְּשִׁלֹֽה\׃\ \פbe.shi.Lohat ShilohH7887

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Judges 18:31

  • Joshua 18:1

    And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.

  • Judges 19:18

    And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth–lehem–judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth–lehem–judah, but I am now going to the house of the Lord; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.

  • 1 Samuel 1:3

    And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.

  • Jeremiah 7:12

    But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

  • Judges 21:21

    And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

  • 1 Samuel 4:4

    So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

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Context

  • Judges 18:30

    And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

  • Judges 18:31

    And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

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Judges 18:31 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y levantáronse la imagen de Michâs, la cual él había hecho, todo el tiempo que la casa de Dios estuvo en Silo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ils dressèrent pour eux l’image taillée de Michée, qu’il avait faite, pendant tout le temps que la maison de Dieu fut à Silo.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie stellten sich das geschnitzte Bild Michas auf, das er gemacht hatte, alle die Tage, da das Haus Gottes in Silo war.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Mansitque apud eos idolum Michæ omni tempore quo fuit domus Dei in Silo. In diebus illis non erat rex in Israël.