New English Translation
Judges 18:6
6The priest said to them, “Go with confidence. The Lord will be with you on your mission.”
Judges 18:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the Lord is your way wherein ye go.
- New International Version (NIV)The priest answered them, “Go in peace. Your journey has the Lord’s approval.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the priest said to them, "Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the Lord."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the priest said to them, “Go in peace. The presence of the Lord be with you on your way.”
Context of Judges 18:6
4He told them what Micah had done for him, saying, “He hired me and I became his priest.” 5They said to him, “Seek a divine oracle for us, so we can know if we will be successful on our mission.” The priest said to them, “Go with confidence. The Lord will be with you on your mission.” 7So the five men journeyed on and arrived in Laish. They noticed that the people there were living securely, like the Sidonians do, undisturbed and unsuspecting. No conqueror was troubling them in any way. They lived far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone. 8When the Danites returned to their tribe in Zorah and Eshtaol, their kinsmen asked them, “How did it go?”
Read all of Judges 18Judges 18:6 word by word
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר לָהֶ֛ם הַכֹּהֵ֖ן לְכ֣וּ לְשָׁל֑וֹם נֹ֣כַח יְהוָ֔ה דַּרְכְּכֶ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר תֵּֽלְכוּ־בָֽהּ׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Judges 18:6
- 1 Kings 22:6So the king of Israel assembled about four hundred prophets and asked them, “Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” They said, “Attack! The sovereign one will hand it over to the king.”
- Jeremiah 23:21I did not send those prophets. Yet they were in a hurry to give their message. I did not tell them anything. Yet they prophesied anyway.
- Deuteronomy 11:12a land the Lord your God looks after. He is constantly attentive to it from the beginning to the end of the year.
- Psalms 33:18Look, the Lord takes notice of his loyal followers, those who wait for him to demonstrate his faithfulness
- 1 Thessalonians 3:11Now may God our Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you.
Commentaries on Judges 18:6
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Before the Lord - i. e. He looks favorably upon it. (Compare Ezra 8:21-22.)Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6The Lord had promised Dan land in the southwest, but they had not taken it (see Judges 1:34; Joshua 19:40–48). Now they sought God's blessing from a hired priest. This priest's "blessing," like Micah's mother's (Judges 17:2), sounded religious but had no basis in Israel's covenant with the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-261-6. In those days ... the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in--The Danites had a territory assigned them as well as the other tribes. But either through indolence, or a lack of energy, they did not acquire the full possession of their allotment, but suffered a considerable portion of it to be wrested out of their hands by the encroachments of their powerful neighbors, the Philistines. In consequence, being straitened for room, a considerable…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Judges 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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