Deuteronomy
King James Version (KJV)
Deuteronomy 1:13
“Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.”
King James Version (KJV)
Deuteronomy 1:13 Context
10The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 11(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) 12How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? 13Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. 14And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. 15So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. 16And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
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Other Translations
Take ye wise men, and vnderstanding, and knowen among your tribes, and I will make them rulers ouer you.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
'Choose wise and discerning and experienced men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.'
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
- Basic English Bible
Provide you wise and understanding and known men, according to your tribes, that I may make them your chiefs.
- Darby Bible
Take ye wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
- Webster's Bible
Take wise men of understanding and well known according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you."
- World English Bible
Give for yourselves men, wise and intelligent, and known to your tribes, and I set them for your heads;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Get you, from each one of your tribes, wise men, and understanding, and full of knowledge, and I will make them heads over you.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
'Choose wise and discerning and experienced men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.'
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
- Basic English Bible
Provide you wise and understanding and known men, according to your tribes, that I may make them your chiefs.
- Darby Bible
Take ye wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
- Webster's Bible
Take wise men of understanding and well known according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you."
- World English Bible
Give for yourselves men, wise and intelligent, and known to your tribes, and I set them for your heads;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Get you, from each one of your tribes, wise men, and understanding, and full of knowledge, and I will make them heads over you.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Deuteronomy 1:13
1:12 Your burden - The trouble of ruling and managing so perverse a people. Your strife - Your contentions among yourselves, for the determnination whereof the elders were appointed.
1:15 Officers - Inferior officers, that were to attend upon the superior magistrates, and to execute their decrees.