Judges 18:6
4 “Micah has done this and that for me,” he replied, “and he has hired me to be his priest.”
5 Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”
And the priest told them, “Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.”
7 So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, tranquil and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.
8 When the men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers asked them, “What did you find?”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And the priest told them, “Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.”
- KJV
- And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go.
- WEB
- The priest said to them, “Go in peace. Your way in which you go is before the LORD.”
- ASV
- And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before Jehovah is your way wherein ye go.
- DARBY
- And the priest said to them, Go in peace: before Jehovah is your way on which ye go.
- BLB
- And the priest said to them, “Go in peace. Before YHWH [is] your⁺ way in which you are going.”
- ÅB
- Da sa presten til dem: Far i fred! Gud har øye med dere på den reise dere gjør.
- OTB
- Presten sa til dem: "Gå i fred; deres reise har Herrens godkjenning."
- B1930
- Da sa presten til dem: Far i fred! Gud har øie med eder på den reise I gjør.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 22:6
So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
Read in contextPsalms 33:18
Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
Read in context1 Kings 22:12
And all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
Read in contextJeremiah 23:32
“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.
Read in contextJeremiah 23:21–22
I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 11:12
It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 3:11
Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.
Read in context1 Kings 22:15
When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for the LORD will give it into the hand of the king.”
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