Judges 18:5
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 unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?
4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.
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.
6 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go.
7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt 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.
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Da sa de til ham: Kjære, spør Gud for oss, sa vi kan få vite om den reise vi nå gjør, skal lykkes!
- OTB
- Da sa de til ham: "Vennligst spør Gud for å finne ut om vår reise vil bli vellykket."
- B1930
- Da sa de til ham: Kjære, spør Gud for oss, sa vi kan få vite om den reise vi nu gjør, skal lykkes!
- BSB
- Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”
- 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.
- WEB
- They said to him, “Please ask counsel of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.”
- 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.
- DARBY
- And they said to him, Inquire, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way on which we go shall be prosperous.
- BLB
- And they said to him, “Inquire, please, of God, that we may know whether the journey will prosper on which we are going.”
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Acts 8:10
To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
Les i sammenheng1 Kings 22:5
And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
Les i sammenhengIsaiah 30:1
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
Les i sammenhengHosea 4:12
My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
Les i sammenhengJudges 18:14
Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.
Les i sammenheng2 Kings 16:15
And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.
Les i sammenhengJudges 17:5
And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
Les i sammenhengEzekiel 21:21
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
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