“Go in peace,” the priest replied. “For 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.
- BSB And the priest told them, “Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.”
- 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.”
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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.
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Cross-references · 8
- 1 Kgs 22:6Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Should I go against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or should I refrain?” They said, “Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
- Jer 23:21–22I didn’t send these prophets, yet they ran. I didn’t speak to them, yet they prophesied.
- 1 Th 3:11Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you;
- 1 Kgs 22:12All the prophets prophesied so, saying, “Go up to Ramoth Gilead, and prosper; for Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
- Jer 23:32Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams,” says Yahweh, “who tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting; yet I didn’t send them, nor command them; neither do they profit this people at all,” says Yahweh.
- 1 Kgs 22:15When he had come to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall we forbear?” He answered him, “Go up and prosper; and Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
- Ps 33:18Behold, Yahweh’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness;
- Deut 11:12a land which Yahweh your God cares for. Yahweh your God’s eyes are always on it, from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year.
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