Verse 9

Judges 18:9

GOD'S WORD Translation

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9 They said, “Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. Do you stand still? Don’t be slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּאמְר֗וּ ק֚וּמָ/ה וְ/נַעֲלֶ֣ה עֲלֵי/הֶ֔ם כִּ֤י רָאִ֨ינוּ֙ אֶת הָ/אָ֔רֶץ וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה טוֹבָ֖ה מְאֹ֑ד וְ/אַתֶּ֣ם מַחְשִׁ֔ים אַל תֵּעָ֣צְל֔וּ לָ/לֶ֥כֶת לָ/בֹ֖א לָ/רֶ֥שֶׁת אֶת הָ/אָֽרֶץ

English Translation

And they said, "Get up and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good, and you are hesitating; do not be lazy to go in to possess the land."

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Chapter 18 Context

1 In those days there was no king in Israel. In those days the tribe of the Danites sought an inherita... Focus ↗

2 The children of Dan sent five men of their family from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah,... Focus ↗

3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; so they went... Focus ↗

4 He said to them, “Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I am become his pr... Focus ↗

5 They said to him, “Please ask counsel of God (Elohim), that we may know whether our way which we go... Focus ↗

6 The priest said to them, “Go in peace. Your way in which you go is before Yahweh.” Focus ↗

7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people who were there, how they lived in... Focus ↗

8 They came to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol; and their brothers asked them, “What do you say?” Focus ↗

9 They said, “Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very...

10 When you go, you will come to an unsuspecting people, and the land is large; for God (Elohim) has gi... Focus ↗

11 The family of the Danites set out from Zorah and Eshtaol, with six hundred men armed with weapons of... Focus ↗

12 They went up and encamped in Kiriath Jearim, in Judah. Therefore they called that place Mahaneh Dan,... Focus ↗

13 They passed from there to the hill country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah. Focus ↗

14 Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered, and said to their brothers, “Do... Focus ↗

15 They went over there, and came to the house of the young Levite man, even to the house of Micah, and... Focus ↗

16 The six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the e... Focus ↗

17 The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the engraved image, t... Focus ↗

18 When these went into Micah’s house, and took the engraved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the mo... Focus ↗

19 They said to him, “Hold your peace, put your hand on your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a fath... Focus ↗

20 The priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, the teraphim, and the engraved image, and went w... Focus ↗

21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones, the livestock, and the goods before them. Focus ↗

22 When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah’s house... Focus ↗

23 As they cried to the children of Dan, they turned their faces, and said to Micah, “What ails you, th... Focus ↗

24 He said, “You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and have gone away! What more do... Focus ↗

25 The children of Dan said to him, “Don’t let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall on... Focus ↗

26 The children of Dan went their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned... Focus ↗

27 They took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quie... Focus ↗

28 There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone else; an... Focus ↗

29 They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; ho... Focus ↗

30 The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the... Focus ↗

31 So they set up for themselves Micah’s engraved image which he made, and it remained all the time tha... Focus ↗

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Book: Judges
Chapter: Chapter 18 (31 verses)
Version: GOD'S WORD Translation

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