Judges - 18:6



6 The priest said to them, "Go in peace. Your way in which you go is before Yahweh."

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Explanation and meaning of Judges 18:6.

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He answered them: Go in peace, the Lord looketh on your way, and the journey that you go.
And the priest said to them, |Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the LORD.|
And the priest said to them, Go in peace: your way is guided by the Lord.
The priest said to them, 'Go in peace. The LORD will watch over you on your journey.'
And he responded to them, "Go in peace. The Lord looks with favor on your path, and on the journey that you have undertaken."

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Before the Lord - i. e. He looks favorably upon it. (Compare Ezra 8:21-22.)

And the priest said unto them, (d) Go in peace: before the LORD [is] your way wherein ye go.
(d) Thus sometimes God grants the idolaters requests to the destruction of those who delight in errors.

And the priest said to them, go in peace,.... After he had consulted the oracle, or had asked counsel by the ephod and teraphim; either of his own head, or by a voice he had heard, which Satan might be permitted of God to deliver, he very roundly told them that they might proceed on in their journey with their minds quite easy, and with full assurance of success:
before the Lord is your way wherein ye go; it is seen, observed, and taken notice of by him, and he approves of it; it is according to his will, and under his direction and protection, and success from him may be depended upon; though some observe that this answer is delivered in ambiguous terms, as generally the oracles of demons were, and might be taken in a good or bad sense, as the event should be; as that their way was before the Lord, and was seen by him either with pleasure or displeasure, with approbation or disapprobation, for their good, or for their harm: so that let it fall out as it might, the credit of the oracle was saved.

Before the Lord - That is, your design is under the eye of God; that is, under his care, protection and direction. This answer he either feigns to gratify their humour; or, did indeed receive from the devil, who transformed himself into an angel of light, and in God's name gave him answers, and those not sometimes very true, which God suffered for the trial of his people. But it is observable, his answer was, as the devil's oracles usually were, ambiguous, and such as might have been interpreted either way.

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