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.|


In Context

2 So the Danites sent five able men from the whole number of their tribe, from Zorah and from Esh'ta-ol, to spy out the land and to explore it; and they said to them, |Go and explore the land.| And they came to the hill country of E'phraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.

3 When they were by the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; and they turned aside and said to him, |Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?|

4 And he said to them, |Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me: he has hired me, and I have become his priest.|

5 And 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.|

6 And the priest said to them, |Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the LORD.|

7 Then the five men departed, and came to La'ish, and saw the people who were there, how they dwelt in security, after the manner of the Sido'nians, quiet and unsuspecting, lacking nothing that is in the earth, and possessing wealth, and how they were far from the Sido'nians and had no dealings with any one.

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 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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