InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Hero C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C19 C20 C21
Hero 18 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31
◄ ← HERO (JDG) 18:18 ↓ → ► ║ ≡ ©
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Micah (JDG 18:18)
OET-LV And_these they_went the_house_of Mīkāh and_they_took DOM the_carved_image_of the_ephod and_DOM the_teraphim and_DOM the_molten_image and_he/it_said to_them the_priest/officer what are_you(pl) doing.
OET (OET-RV) When the priest saw them bringing out all the religious objects, he demanded, “What’s going on?”
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
וְאֵ֗לֶּה בָּ֚אוּ
(Some words not found in UHB: and=these they_went house_of Mīkāh's and=they_took DOM carved_image_of of,the_ephod and=DOM the,teraphim and=DOM the_molten,image and=he/it_said to,them the=priest/officer what you(pl) doing )
The pronoun these refers to the five men who had previously spied on the land. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [And the five spies entered]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys
אֶת־פֶּ֣סֶל הָאֵפ֔וֹד וְאֶת־הַתְּרָפִ֖ים וְאֶת־הַמַּסֵּכָ֑ה
DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and=these they_went house_of Mīkāh's and=they_took DOM carved_image_of of,the_ephod and=DOM the,teraphim and=DOM the_molten,image and=he/it_said to,them the=priest/officer what you(pl) doing )
See how you translated the similar expression in 18:17. Alternate translation: [the cast metal idol and the ephod and the teraphim]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
מָ֥ה אַתֶּ֖ם עֹשִֽׂים
what (Some words not found in UHB: and=these they_went house_of Mīkāh's and=they_took DOM carved_image_of of,the_ephod and=DOM the,teraphim and=DOM the_molten,image and=he/it_said to,them the=priest/officer what you(pl) doing )
The priest is using the question form to rebuke the five men. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [You should not be doing that!]
OET-LV And_these they_went the_house_of Mīkāh and_they_took DOM the_carved_image_of the_ephod and_DOM the_teraphim and_DOM the_molten_image and_he/it_said to_them the_priest/officer what are_you(pl) doing.
OET (OET-RV) When the priest saw them bringing out all the religious objects, he demanded, “What’s going on?”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.