For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the road, at the fork of the two roads, to use divination: he shakes the arrows, he consults the images, he looks at the liver.

因为巴比伦王站在岔路那里，在两条路口上要占卜。他摇签求问神像，察看牺牲的肝；

因为巴比伦王站在岔路上，在两条路口占卜。他摇签求问神像，察看肝脏；

因为巴比伦王站在岔路上，在两条路口占卜。他摇签求问神像，察看肝脏；

巴比伦王将站在两路的岔口，摇签求问他的神像，察看祭牲的肝。

因为巴比伦王站在分叉路口，在两条路口上占卜、摇签、求问神像，察看动物的肝。

因為巴比倫王站在岔路那裏，在兩條路口上要占卜。他搖籤求問神像，察看犧牲的肝；

因為巴比倫王站在岔路上，在兩條路口占卜。他搖籤求問神像，察看肝臟；

因為巴比倫王站在岔路上，在兩條路口占卜。他搖籤求問神像，察看肝臟；

巴比倫王將站在兩路的岔口，搖籤求問他的神像，察看祭牲的肝。

因為巴比倫王站在分叉路口，在兩條路口上占卜、搖籤、求問神像，察看動物的肝。

因為巴比倫王站在岔路口，在兩條路頭上行占卜；他搖箭籤，求問神像，察看祭牲的肝兒。

蓋巴比倫王、止於歧路卜之、搖以矢、問偶像、察牲肝、

蓋巴比倫王躑躅歧途、不知所之、故卜以矢、問偶像、察牲肝、以決從違。

蓋巴比倫王立於道分歧之處、於二道之首、欲以占卜、遂搖矢問偶像、察牲肝、

For the king of Babylon will stop at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He will cast lots with arrows, he will consult his idols, he will examine the liver.

The king of Babylon will stop at the place where the two roads meet. He will look for a special sign. He will cast lots by pulling arrows out of a bag. He will ask his gods for advice. And he will look carefully at the liver of a sheep.

For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination. He shakes the arrows; he consults the teraphim; he looks at the liver.

The king of Babylon now stands at the fork, uncertain whether to attack Jerusalem or Rabbah. He calls his magicians to look for omens. They cast lots by shaking arrows from the quiver. They inspect the livers of animal sacrifices.

For the king of Babylon stands at the split in the road, at the fork of the two roads, to practice divination: he shakes the arrows, consults the idols, and observes the liver.

For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shakes the arrows, he consults the household idols, he looks at the liver.

For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shook the arrows to and fro, he consulted the teraphim, he looked in the liver.

For the king of Babylon stands at the split in the road, at the fork of the two roads, to practice divination: he shakes the arrows, consults the idols, and observes the liver.

For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made[ his] arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.

For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road at the head of the two routes. He looks for omens: He shakes arrows, he consults idols, he examines animal livers.

For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination. He shook the arrows back and forth. He consulted the teraphim. He looked in the liver.

The lot is cast into the lap, But its every decision is from the Lord.

Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel had stolen the household idols that were her father’s.

So the priest’s heart was glad; and he took the ephod, the household idols, and the carved image, and took his place among the people.

And now you have surely gone because you greatly long for your father’s house, but why did you steal my gods?”

The man Micah had a shrine, and made an ephod and household idols; and he consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

For the idols speak delusion; The diviners envision lies, And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore the people wend their way like sheep; They are in trouble because there is no shepherd.

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, Like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes.

“ For there is no sorcery against Jacob, Nor any divination against Israel. It now must be said of Jacob And of Israel,‘ Oh, what God has done!’

When these went into Micah’s house and took the carved image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molded image, the priest said to them,“ What are you doing?”

Moreover Josiah put away those who consulted mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.

My people ask counsel from their wooden idols, And their staff informs them. For the spirit of harlotry has caused them to stray, And they have played the harlot against their God.

So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that overlooks the wasteland.

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, He also has rejected you from being king.”

Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling.

There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,

Then the five men who had gone to spy out the country of Laish answered and said to their brethren,“ Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod, household idols, a carved image, and a molded image? Now therefore, consider what you should do.”

So he said,“ You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and you have gone away. Now what more do I have? How can you say to me,‘ What ails you?’”

For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without ephod or teraphim.

So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the diviner’s fee in their hand, and they came to Balaam and spoke to him the words of Balak.

Divination is on the lips of the king; His mouth must not transgress in judgment.