5And they said to him, Ask counsel, we pray you, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.


In Context

2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said to 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 to him, Who brought you here? and what make you in this place? and what have you here?

4 And he said to them, Thus and thus deals Micah with me, and has hired me, and I am his priest.

5 And they said to him, Ask counsel, we pray you, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

6 And the priest said to them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein you go.

7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelled 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.

Judges 18:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:5Then they said to him, "Please inquire of God to learn whether our journey will be successful."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:5And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:5Then they desired him to consult the Lord, that they might know whether their journey should be prosperous, and the thing should have effect.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:5And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:5And they said to him, |Inquire of God, we pray thee, that we may know whether the journey on which we are setting out will succeed.|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:5And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:5And they said to him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:5They said to him, |Please ask counsel of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:5And they say to him, 'Ask, we pray thee, at God, and we know whether our way is prosperous on which we are going.'