Judg 18:7-10 | NASB2020 | STEP | So the five men departed and came to Laish , and saw the people who were in it living in security , in the way of the Sidonians , quiet and unsuspecting ; for there was no oppressive ruler humiliating them for anything in the land , and they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone .

Judges 18:7-10

7 So the five men departed and came to ^aLaish, and saw the people who were in it living in security, in the way of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting; for there was no ^{▼▼Or oppressive conqueror; lit possessor of oppression}oppressive ruler humiliating them for anything in the land, and they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone. 8 When they came back to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers said to them, “What do you say?” 9 And they said, “Arise, and let’s go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. And will you ^{▼▼Lit be}sit still? Do not hesitate to go, to enter, to take possession of the land. 10 When you enter, you will come to an unsuspecting people with a spacious land; for God has handed it over to you, ^da place where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth.”