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Judges 18:19

WEB

19They said to him, “Hold your peace, put your hand on your mouth, and go with us. Be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?”

KJV

19And 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?

BSB

19Be 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?”

FBV

19Be quiet! Don't say anything! Come with us, and you can be our ‘father’ and priest. Wouldn't it be better for you if instead of being a priest for just one man's household that you were the priest of an Israelite tribe and family?”


Extra References

Job 29:9

9The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.


Job 21:5

5Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.


Judges 17:10

10Micah said to him, “Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, a suit of clothing, and your food.” So the Levite went in.


Micah 7:16

16The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.


Proverbs 30:32

32“If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.


Job 40:4-5

4Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth. 5I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”


2 Kings 6:21

21The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, “My father, shall I strike them? Shall I strike them?”


2 Kings 8:8-9

8The king said to Hazael, “Take a present in your hand, and go meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

9So Hazael went to meet him and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camelsburden, and came and stood before him and said, “Your son Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”


Matthew 23:9

9Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.


2 Kings 13:14

14Now Elisha became sick with the illness of which he died; and Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him, and said, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”