Judges 18:8
And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?
Judges 18:8 in other translations
| BSB | When the men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers asked them, “What did you find?” |
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| WEB | They came to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol; and their brothers asked them, “What do you say?” |
| ASV | And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye? |
| YLT | And they come in unto their brethren, at Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brethren say to them, ‘What--ye?' |
| DARBY | — And they came to their brethren at Zoreah and Eshtaol. And their brethren said to them, What say ye? |
| BBE | So they came back to their brothers in Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brothers said to them, What news have you? |
| Webster | And they came to their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said to them, What say ye? |
What does Judges 18:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 18:7-10
7-10. the five men departed, and came to Laish--or, "Leshem" (Jos 19:47), supposed to have been peopled by a colony of Zidonians. The place was very secluded--the soil rich in the abundance and variety of its produce, and the inhabitants, following the peaceful pursuits of agriculture, lived in their fertile and sequestered valley, according to the Zidonian style of ease and security, happy among themselves, and…
Judges 18:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 18:8
- Judges 18:2
And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
- Judges 18:11
And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.
- Judges 13:2
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
- Judges 16:31
Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
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Context
- Judges 18:7
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.
- Judges 18:8
And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?
- Judges 18:9
And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
Judges 18:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Volviendo pues ellos á sus hermanos en Sora y Esthaol, sus hermanos les dijeron: ¿Qué hay? y ellos respondieron: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | – Et ils vinrent vers leurs frères, à Tsorha et à Eshtaol; et leurs frères leur dirent: Que rapportez-vous? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie kamen zu ihren Brüdern nach Zorha und Eschtaol. Und ihre Brüder sprachen zu ihnen: Was bringet ihr? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Reversique ad fratres suos in Saraa et Esthaol, et quid egissent sciscitantibus responderunt: |