KJV King James Version
And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
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Judges 18:5
And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”
WEB World English Bible
They said to him, “Please ask counsel of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.”
ASV American Standard Version
And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they say to him, ‘Ask, we pray thee, at God, and we know whether our way is prosperous on which we are going.’
Surrounding context — Judges 18
2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
3 When they [were] by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this [place]? and what hast thou here?
4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.
5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
6 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD [is] your way wherein ye go.
7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that [were] therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and [there was] no magistrate in the land, that might put [them] to shame in [any] thing; and they [were] far from the Zidonians, and had no business with [any] man.
8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What [say] ye?
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וַיֹּ֥אמְרוּH559 · a.marto sayל֖וֹH9033 · ohimשְׁאַל־H7592 · sha.alto askנָ֣אH4994 · napleaseבֵאלֹהִ֑יםH430 · e.lo.himGodוְנֵ֣דְעָ֔הH3045 · ya.dato knowהֲתַצְלִ֣יחַH6743 · tsa.lachto rushדַּרְכֵּ֔נוּH1870 · de.rekhway: conductאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichאֲנַ֖חְנוּH587 · a.nach.nuweהֹלְכִ֥יםH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentעָלֶֽיהָ׃H5921 · alupon
Cross-references
1 Kings 22:5And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.Isaiah 30:1Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:Acts 8:10To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.Hosea 4:12My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused [them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.Judges 17:5And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.Ezekiel 21:21For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made [his] arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.2 Kings 16:15And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to inquire [by].Judges 18:14Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.Judges 17:13Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to [my] priest.
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