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Judges 18:5

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

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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.

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.

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֥אמְרוּvai.Yo.me.ruand they saidH559 →
ל֖וֹloto <the> him
שְׁאַל־she.'al-enquireH7592 →
נָ֣אna'pleaseH4994 →
בֵאלֹהִ֑יםve.lo.Himby GodH430 →
וְנֵ֣דְעָ֔הve.Ne.de.'Ahso let us knowH3045 →
הֲתַצְלִ֣יחַha.tatz.Li.ach¿ will it succeedH6743 →
דַּרְכֵּ֔נוּdar.Ke.nujourney ourH1870 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
אֲנַ֖חְנוּ'a.Nach.nuweH587 →
הֹלְכִ֥יםho.le.Khim[are] goingH1980 →
עָלֶֽיהָ׃'a.Lei.haon itH5921 →

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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.”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.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.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.”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.”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 17:5Now 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.”Genesis 24:14Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”Judges 17:3And when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son’s benefit, to make a graven image and a molten idol. Therefore I will now return it to you.”

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The Death of Samson — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Death of Samson — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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