Judges 18:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.””
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“Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And they say to him, `Ask, we pray thee, at God, and we know whether our way is prosperous on which we are going.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Judges 18:5 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- 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 should do.”
- 1 Samuel 9:9(Formerly in Israel, a man on his way to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer.” For the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.)
- 1 Kings 22:5But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”
- 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 offerings, and drink offerings of all the people of the land. Sprinkle on the altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar to seek guidance.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
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