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


In Context

2 The children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said to them, |Go, explore the land!| They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.

3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned aside there, and said to him, |Who brought you here? What do you do in this place? What do you have here?|

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

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

6 The priest said to them, |Go in peace. Your way in which you go is before Yahweh.|

7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people who were therein, how they lived in security, in the way of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing authority, that might put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings 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 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.