Amplified Bible
So he was afraid and said, “How fearful and awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gateway to heaven.”
GOD’S WORD Translation
Filled with awe, he said, “How awe-inspiring this place is! Certainly, this is the house of God and the gateway to heaven!”
New American Standard Bible
And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!”
Holman Christian Standard Bible
He was afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! This is none other than the house of God. This is the gate of heaven.”
New International Version
He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.”
Amplified Bible
He named that place Bethel (the house of God); the previous name of that city was Luz (Almond Tree).
GOD’S WORD Translation
He named that place Bethel [House of God]. Previously, the name of the city was Luz.
GOD’S WORD Translation
This stone that I have set up as a marker will be the house of God, and I will surely give you a tenth of everything you give me.”
Amplified Bible
There he built an altar [to worship the Lord], and called the place El-bethel (God of the House of God), because there God had revealed Himself to him when he escaped from his brother.
GOD’S WORD Translation
He built an altar there and called that place El Bethel [God of the House of God]. That’s where God had revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his brother.
Amplified Bible
So Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel (the House of God).
GOD’S WORD Translation
Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him Bethel [House of God].
GOD’S WORD Translation
So they set up for themselves the carved idol Micah had made. It stayed there the whole time the house of God was at Shiloh.
New American Standard Bible
So they set up for themselves Micah’s carved image which he had made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
So they set up for themselves Micah’s carved image that he had made, and it was there as long as the house of God was in Shiloh.
New International Version
They continued to use the idol Micah had made, all the time the house of God was in Shiloh.