Judges 18:19
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?
KJV
Cui responderunt : Tace et pone digitum super os tuum : venique nobiscum, ut habeamus te patrem, ac sacerdotem. Quid tibi melius est, ut sis sacerdos in domo unius viri, an in una tribu et familia in Israël ?
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ Κώφευσον, ἐπίθες τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐπὶ τὸ στόμα σου, καὶ δεῦρο μεθ’ ἡμῶν καὶ γένου ἡμῖν εἰς πατέρα καὶ εἰς ἱερέα· μὴ ἀγαθὸν εἶναί σε ἱερέα οἴκου ἀνδρὸς ἑνός, ἢ γενέσθαι σε ἱερέα φυλῆς καὶ οἴκου εἰς δῆμον Ἰσραήλ;
LXX
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?
ASV
וַ/יֹּאמְרוּ֩ ל֨/וֹ הַחֲרֵ֜שׁ שִֽׂים יָדְ/ךָ֤ עַל פִּ֨י/ךָ֙ וְ/לֵ֣ךְ עִמָּ֔/נוּ וֶֽ/הְיֵה לָ֖/נוּ לְ/אָ֣ב וּ/לְ/כֹהֵ֑ן הֲ/ט֣וֹב הֱיוֹתְ/ךָ֣ כֹהֵ֗ן לְ/בֵית֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֔ד א֚וֹ הֱיוֹתְ/ךָ֣ כֹהֵ֔ן לְ/שֵׁ֥בֶט וּ/לְ/מִשְׁפָּחָ֖ה בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
19 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Tim 6:10 — For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
- Job 21:5 — Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
- Job 21:5 — Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
- Job 29:9 — The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
- Job 40:4 — Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
- Judg 17:10 — And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
- Mic 7:16 — The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
- Prov 30:32 — If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.