And the priest told them, “Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.”
Parallel translations
- WEB The priest said to them, “Go in peace. Your way in which you go is before Yahweh.”
- KJV And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go.
- NKJV And the priest said to them, “Go in peace. The presence of the Lord be with you on your way.”
- NASB And the priest said to them, “Go in peace; your way in which you are going has the Lord’s approval.”
- NLT “Go in peace,” the priest replied. “For the Lord is watching over your journey.”
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Quick answer
The priest tells them to go in peace, assuring them their way is approved by Yahweh. He gives confident counsel from a corrupt shrine.
Overview
The Levite delivers a favorable oracle, but his authority and his shrine are both illegitimate, leaving the reliability of his word in doubt. The narrative presents this approval without endorsing it, letting the reader weigh a blessing pronounced amid idolatry. The scene underscores how easily false religion offers reassurance, and how Israel, lacking a faithful king and true worship, drifts by such empty guidance.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- 1 Kgs 22:6So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
- Jer 23:21–22I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.
- 1 Th 3:11Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.
- 1 Kgs 22:12And all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
- Jer 23:32“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.
- 1 Kgs 22:15When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for the LORD will give it into the hand of the king.”
- Ps 33:18Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
- Deut 11:12It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.
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