King James Version
Judges 18:5 in the King James Version says “And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosper...” — study this verse from Judges chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Judges 18:5 · KJV
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?
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.
And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go.
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. magistrate: Heb. possessor, or, heir of restraint
KJV Study — Public Domain
“unto him Ask counsel”
H7592to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
“we pray thee of God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“that we may know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“shall be prosperous”
H6743to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
“whether our way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which we go”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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