Judges 18:5
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Then they desired him to consult the Lord, that they might know whether their journey should be prosperous, and the thing should have effect.

ask counsel

1 Kings 22:5 And Josaphat said to the king of Israel: As I am, so art thou: my people and thy people are one: and my horsemen are thy horsemen. And Josaphat said to the king of Israel: Inquire, I beseech thee, this day the word of the Lord.

2 Kings 16:15 And king Achaz commanded Urias, the priest, saying: Upon the great altar offer the morning holocaust, and the evening sacrifice, and the king's holocaust, and his sacrifice, and the holocaust of the whole people of the land, and their sacrifices, and their libations: and all the blood of the holocaust, and all the blood of the victim, thou shalt pour out upon it: but the altar of brass shall be ready at my pleasure.

Isaiah 30:1 Woe to you, apostate children, saith the Lord, that you would take counsel, and not of me: and would begin a web, and not by my spirit, that you might add sin upon sin:

Ezekiel 21:21 For the king of Babylon stood in the highway, at the head of two ways, seeking divination, shuffling arrows: he inquired of the idols, and consulted entrails.

Hosea 4:12 My people have consulted their stocks, and their staff hath declared unto them: for the spirit of fornication hath deceived them, and they have committed fornication against their God.

Acts 8:10 To whom they all gave ear, from the least to the greatest, saying: This man is the power of God, which is called great.

of God

Judges 18:14 The five men, that before had been sent to view the land of Lais, said to the rest of their brethren: You know that in these houses there is an ephod and theraphim, and a graven and a molten god: see what you are pleased to do.

Judges 17:5,13 And he separated also therein a little temple for the god, and made an ephod, and theraphim, that is to say, a priestly garment, and idols: and he filled the hand of one of his sons, and he became his priest. . . .

Context
The Danites Settle in Laish
4He answered them: Michas hath done such and such things for me, and hath hired me to be his priest. 5Then they desired him to consult the Lord, that they might know whether their journey should be prosperous, and the thing should have effect.6He answered them: Go in peace: the Lord looketh on your way, and the journey that you go.…
Cross References
Judges 18:4
He answered them: Michas hath done such and such things for me, and hath hired me to be his priest.

Judges 18:6
He answered them: Go in peace: the Lord looketh on your way, and the journey that you go.

Lexicon
Then they said to him,
וַיֹּ֥אמְרוּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Please
נָ֣א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

inquire
שְׁאַל־ (šə·’al-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

of God
בֵאלֹהִ֑ים (ḇê·lō·hîm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

to determine
וְנֵ֣דְעָ֔ה (wə·nê·ḏə·‘āh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

whether we
אֲנַ֖חְנוּ (’ă·naḥ·nū)
Pronoun - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 587: We

will have a successful
הֲתַצְלִ֣יחַ (hă·ṯaṣ·lî·aḥ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6743: To push forward

journey.”
דַּרְכֵּ֔נוּ (dar·kê·nū)
Noun - common singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action


Additional Translations
Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”And they said to him, Ask counsel, we pray you, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

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.

And they said to him, Enquire now of God, and we shall know whether our way will prosper, on which we are going.

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.

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.

And they said to him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

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

And they say to him, 'Ask, we pray thee, at God, and we know whether our way is prosperous on which we are going.'
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