Judges 18:5

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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.

WEB

They said to him, “Please ask counsel of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.”

ASV

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.

LSV

And they say to him, “Please ask of God, and we know whether our way on which we are going is prosperous.”

YLT

And they say to him, 'Ask, we pray thee, at God, and we know whether our way is prosperous on which we are going.'

DBY

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.Elohim

DRC

Then they desired him to consult the Lord, that they might know whether their journey should be prosperous, and the thing should have effect.

GNV

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

JPS

And they said unto him: 'Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we are going shall be prosperous.'

LXXE

And they said to him, Enquire now of God, and we shall know whether our way will prosper, on which we are going.

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WLC

וַיֹּ֥אמְרוּ ל֖וֹ שְׁאַל־נָ֣א בֵאלֹהִ֑ים וְנֵ֣דְעָ֔ה הֲתַצְלִ֣יחַ דַּרְכֵּ֔נוּ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנַ֖חְנוּ הֹלְכִ֥ים עָלֶֽיהָ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ, ἐπερώτησον δὴ ἐν τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ γνωσόμεθα εἰ εὐοδωθήσεται ἡ ὁδὸς ἡμῶν, ἐν ᾗ ἡμεῖς πορευόμεθα ἐν αὐτῇ.

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• Isaiah 30:1“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.
• 1 Kings 22:5But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”
• Acts 8:10and 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 4:12My 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.
• Ezekiel 21:21For 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.
• Judges 17:13Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”
• Judges 18:14Then 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…
• Judges 17:5Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.
• 2 Kings 16:15Then 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…

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