Deuteronomy
King James Version (KJV)
Deuteronomy 1:14
“And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.”
King James Version (KJV)
Deuteronomy 1:14 Context
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. 17Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
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And ye answered me, and saide, The thing which thou hast spoken, is good for vs to doe.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"You answered me and said, 'The thing which you have said to do is good.'
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good `for us' to do.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And you made answer and said to me, It is good for us to do as you say.
- Basic English Bible
And ye answered me, and said, The thing that thou hast spoken is good [for us] to do.
- Darby Bible
And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
- Webster's Bible
You answered me, and said, "The thing which you have spoken is good [for us] to do."
- World English Bible
and ye answer me and say, Good [is] the thing which thou hast spoken -- to do.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And ye answered me, and said: 'The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"You answered me and said, 'The thing which you have said to do is good.'
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good `for us' to do.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And you made answer and said to me, It is good for us to do as you say.
- Basic English Bible
And ye answered me, and said, The thing that thou hast spoken is good [for us] to do.
- Darby Bible
And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
- Webster's Bible
You answered me, and said, "The thing which you have spoken is good [for us] to do."
- World English Bible
and ye answer me and say, Good [is] the thing which thou hast spoken -- to do.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And ye answered me, and said: 'The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Deuteronomy 1:14
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.
1:16 The stranger - That converseth or dealeth with himn. To Such God would have justice equally adtninistred as to his own people, partly for the honour of religion, and partly for the interest which every man hath in matters of common right.