They came to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol; and their brothers asked them, “What do you say?”
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They came to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol; and their brothers asked them, “What do you say?”
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And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?
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And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol; and their brethren said unto them: 'What say ye?'
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Passages linked to Judges 18:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 18:2 The children of Dan sent five men of their family from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land!” They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
- Judges 18:11 The family of the Danites set out from Zorah and Eshtaol with six hundred men armed with weapons of war.
- Judges 13:2 There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and childless.
- Judges 16:31 Then his brothers 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 burial site of Manoah his father. He judged Israel twenty years.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 18:8 And they came unto their brethren to…
Jdg 18:8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What [say] ye?
Ver. 8. What say ye?] Quid vos? So hasty they were to hear the news, that they utter imperfect speeches.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and…
And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol,.... After they had well viewed the city, and made their remarks on the inhabitants of it, the condition and circumstances in which they were, and took notice of the goodness of the land about it, they returned to their brethren that sent them, particularly those that dwelt at the two places mentioned:
and their brethren said unto them, what say ye? what tidings do you bring? what account of the place and country where you have been?
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. What say ye?] A verb is wanted, such…
8. What say ye?] A verb is wanted, such as the EV. supplies; perhaps what did ye find? or see? would be better. Moore ingeniously, on the basis of the LXX, what do ye bring back?
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