NET

18 She said, “In the past they would always say, ‘Let them inquire in Abel,’ and that is how they settled things.

Darby

18 And she spoke saying, They were wont to speak in old time saying, Just inquire in Abel; and so they ended.

KJV

18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask [counsel] at Abel; and so they ended [the matter].

KJV Bible Notes

They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel; and so they ended the matter: Or, they plainly spake in the beginning, saying, surely they will ask of Abel; and so make an end.

Strong's

18 Then she spake^H559, saying^H559, They were wont^H1696 to speak^H1696 in old time^H7223, saying^H559, They shall surely^H7592 ask^H7592 counsel at Abel^H59: and so they ended^H8552 the matter].