Judges 18:5 “Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we…”

Judges 18:5

Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.”

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Againe they said vnto him, Aske counsell nowe of God, that we may knowe whether the way which we goe, shalbe prosperous.

Darby Translation

And they said to him, Inquire, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way on which we go shall be prosperous.

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.'

Bible in Basic English

Then they said, Do get directions from God for us, to see if the journey on which we are going will have a good outcome.

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Cross references

“Ask counsel”

1 Kings 22:5 Isaiah 30:1 Acts 8:10 Hosea 4:12 2 Kings 16:15 Ezekiel 21:21

1 Kings 22:5 · BSB

But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”

Isaiah 30:1 · BSB

“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.

Acts 8:10 · BSB

and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, “This man is the divine power called the Great Power.”

Hosea 4:12 · BSB

My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.

2 Kings 16:15 · BSB

Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, as well as the burnt offerings, grain offerin…

Ezekiel 21:21 · BSB

For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.

“of God”

Judges 18:14 Judges 17:5 Judges 17:13

Judges 18:14 · BSB

Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should…

Judges 17:5 · BSB

Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.

Judges 17:13 · BSB

Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4“Micah has done this and that for me,” he replied, “and he has hired me to be his priest.”

6And the priest told them, “Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.”

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