Judges 18:9
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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.They answered, “Come on, let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Why would you fail to act? Do not hesitate to go there and take possession of the land!
In other translations
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.They answered, “Come on, let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Why would you fail to act? Do not hesitate to go there and take possession of the land!
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559קוּמָהkumaharise !H6965וְנַעֲלֶהvena'alehso we may go upH5927עֲלֵיהֶם'aleihemon themH5921כִּיkiforH3588רָאִינוּra'inuwe have seenH7200אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe landH776וְהִנֵּהvehinehand there!H2009טוֹבָהtovah[it is] goodH2896מְאֹדme'odveryH3966וְאַתֶּםve'atemand youH859מַחְשִׁיםmachshim[are] inactiveH2814אַל־'al-may notH408תֵּעָצְלוּte'atzeluyou hesitateH6101לָלֶכֶתlalekhetto goH1980לָבֹאlavo'to goH935לָרֶשֶׁתlareshetto take possession ofH3423אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָאָרֶץ׃ha'aretzthe landH776
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