5 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.
5 Then they said to him, "Please inquire of God to learn whether our journey will be successful."
5 And they said to him, "Inquire of God, please, that we may know whether the journey on which we are setting out will succeed."
5 They said, "Oh, good - inquire of God for us. Find out whether our mission will be a success."
5 So they said to him, "Please inquire of God, that we may know whether the journey on which we go will be prosperous."
5 Then they said, "Ask God whether or not our journey will be successful."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 18:5
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The Danites seek to enlarge their inheritance, and rob Micah.
The Danites determined to take Micah's gods with them. Oh the folly of these Danites! How could they imagine those gods should protect them, that could not keep themselves from being stolen! To take them for their own use, was a double crime; it showed they neither feared God, nor regarded man, but were lost both to godliness and honesty. What a folly was it for Micah to call those his gods, which he had made, when He only is to be worshipped by us as God, that made us! That is put in God's place, which we are concerned about, as if our all were bound up in it. If people will walk in the name of their false gods, much more should we love and serve the true God!