Judges 17:3
And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.
KJV
Reddidit ergo eos matri suæ, quæ dixerat ei : Consecravi et vovi hoc argentum Domino, ut de manu mea suscipiat filius meus, et faciat sculptile atque conflatile : et nunc trado illud tibi.
Vulgate
καὶ ἀπέδωκεν τοὺς χιλίους καὶ ἑκατὸν τοῦ ἀργυρίου τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ· καὶ εἶπεν ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ Ἁγιάζουσα ἡγίακα τὸ ἀργύριον τῷ κυρίῳ ἐκ χειρός μου τῷ υἱῷ μου τοῦ ποιῆσαι γλυπτὸν καὶ χωνευτόν, καὶ νῦν ἀποδώσω σοι αὐτό.
LXX
And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I verily dedicate the silver unto Jehovah from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.
ASV
וַ/יָּ֛שֶׁב אֶת אֶֽלֶף וּ/מֵאָ֥ה הַ/כֶּ֖סֶף לְ/אִמּ֑/וֹ וַ/תֹּ֣אמֶר אִמּ֡/וֹ הַקְדֵּ֣שׁ הִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּי אֶת הַ/כֶּסֶף֩ לַ/יהוָ֨ה מִ/יָּדִ֜/י לִ/בְנִ֗/י לַֽ/עֲשׂוֹת֙ פֶּ֣סֶל וּ/מַסֵּכָ֔ה וְ/עַתָּ֖ה אֲשִׁיבֶ֥/נּוּ לָֽ/ךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Exod 20:4 — Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
- Exod 20:23 — Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
- Isa 30:22 — Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence
- Judg 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.
- Lev 19:4 — Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.