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Judges 18:8–10

8 When they came back to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers said to them, “What do you report?

9 They said, “Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. And will you 1sit still? Do not delay to go, to enter, to possess the land.

10 “When you enter, you will come to a secure people with a spacious land; for God has given it into your hand, aa place where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth.”

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Judges 18:8–10 — The New International Version (NIV)

When they returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their fellow Danites asked them, “How did you find things?”

They answered, “Come on, let’s attack them! We have seen the land, and it is very good. Aren’t you going to do something? Don’t hesitate to go there and take it over. 10 When you get there, you will find an unsuspecting people and a spacious land that God has put into your hands, a land that lacks nothing whatever.”

Judges 18:8–10 — English Standard Version (ESV)

And when they came to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers said to them, “What do you report?” They said, “Arise, and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. And will you do nothing? Do not be slow to go, to enter in and possess the land. 10 As soon as you go, you will come to an unsuspecting people. The land is spacious, for God has given it into your hands, a place where there is no lack of anything that is in the earth.”

Judges 18:8–10 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye? 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. 10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.

Judges 18:8–10 — New Living Translation (NLT)

When the men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their relatives asked them, “What did you find?”

The men replied, “Come on, let’s attack them! We have seen the land, and it is very good. What are you waiting for? Don’t hesitate to go and take possession of it. 10 When you get there, you will find the people living carefree lives. God has given us a spacious and fertile land, lacking in nothing!”

Judges 18:8–10 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Then the spies came back to their brethren at Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brethren said to them, “What is your report?

So they said, “Arise, let us go up against them. For we have seen the land, and indeed it is very good. Would you do nothing? Do not hesitate to go, and enter to possess the land. 10 When you go, you will come to a secure people and a large land. For God has given it into your hands, a place where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth.”

Judges 18:8–10 — New Century Version (NCV)

When the five men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their relatives asked them, “What did you find?”

They answered, “We have seen the land, and it is very good. We should attack them. Aren’t you going to do something? Don’t wait! Let’s go and take that land! 10 When you go, you will see there is plenty of land—plenty of everything! The people are not expecting an attack. Surely God has handed that land over to us!”

Judges 18:8–10 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye? And they said, Arise, and let us 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 in to possess the land. 10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and the land is large; for God hath given it into your hand, a place where there is no want of anything that is in the earth.

Judges 18:8–10 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

—And they came to their brethren at Zoreah and Eshtaol. And their brethren said to them, What say ye? And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good; and ye are still! Be not slothful to go, to enter to take possession of the land. 10 When ye go in, ye shall come to a people secure, and the land is spacious in every direction; for God has given it into your hands; it is a place where there is no want of anything that is on the earth.

Judges 18:8–10 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The men went back to their relatives in Zorah and Eshtaol. Their relatives asked them, “What did you find?” 

They replied, “Get up, let’s attack Laish. We saw the land. It’s very good! 

“Don’t just sit there! Go at once and take the land. 10 When you get there, you will come to a secure people. The land is wide open to you. God will hand it over to you. It’s a place where you will have everything you could want.” 

Judges 18:8–10 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

When the men went back to their clans at Zorah and Eshtaol, their people asked them, “What did you find out?”

They answered, “Come on, let’s go up against them, for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Why wait? Don’t hesitate to go and invade and take possession of the land! 10 When you get there, you will come to an unsuspecting people and a spacious land, for God has handed it over to you. It is a place where nothing on earth is lacking.”

Judges 18:8–10 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

When they came to their kinsfolk at Zorah and Eshtaol, they said to them, “What do you report?” They said, “Come, let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Will you do nothing? Do not be slow to go, but enter in and possess the land. 10 When you go, you will come to an unsuspecting people. The land is broad—God has indeed given it into your hands—a place where there is no lack of anything on earth.”

Judges 18:8–10 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

They came to their relatives at Zorah and Eshtaol, and their relatives said to them, “What do you report?” And they said to them, “Come, let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Will you do nothing? Do not hesitate to go, to enter, to possess the land. 10 When you go you will come to an unsuspecting people, and the land is spread out on all sides; God has given a place into your hands where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth.”

Judges 18:8–10 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

The men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol. Their people asked them, “What did you find out?”

They answered, “Come on! Let’s attack them! We’ve seen that the land is very good. Aren’t you going to do something? Don’t wait any longer. Go there and take it over. 10 When you get there, you will find people who aren’t expecting anything bad to happen to them. Their land has plenty of room. God has handed it over to you. It’s a land that has everything you will ever need.”


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