Revised Webster's Bible
Judges 18:6
6And the priest said to them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way in which ye go.
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
4And he said to them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. 5And they said to him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. And the priest said to them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way in which ye go. 7Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were in it, 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. 8And they came to their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said to them, What say ye?
Read all of Judges 18Judges 18:6 word by word
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר לָהֶ֛ם הַכֹּהֵ֖ן לְכ֣וּ לְשָׁל֑וֹם נֹ֣כַח יְהוָ֔ה דַּרְכְּכֶ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר תֵּֽלְכוּ־בָֽהּ׃ פRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Judges 18:6
- 1 Kings 22:6Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
- Jeremiah 23:21I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
- Deuteronomy 11:12A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year.
- Psalms 33:18Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
- 1 Thessalonians 3:11Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, 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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