Judges 18:4

He told them what Micah had done for him, saying, ¹  “He hired me and I became his priest.”

He told them what Micah had done for him, and said, "He has hired me and I am his priest."

He said to them, "Thus and so has Micah done to me, and he has hired me and I have become his priest."

He told them about his agreement with Micah and that he was Micah’s personal priest.

He said, "One thing led to another: Micah hired me and I'm now his priest."

And he said to them, This is what Micah did for me, and he gave me payment and I became his priest.

He said to them, "Micah did such and such for me, and he hired me, and I have become his priest."

He said to them, "Thus and so Micah did for me. He has hired me, and I have become his priest."

He told them what Micah had done for him, saying, ¹  “He hired me and I became his priest.”

¹ tn Heb “He said to them, ‘Such and such Micah has done for me.’” Though the statement is introduced and presented, at least in part, as a direct quotation (note especially “for me”), the phrase “such and such” appears to be the narrator’s condensed version of what the Levite really said.