Deuteronomy 1:14
And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
Deuteronomy 1:14 in other translations
| BSB | And you answered me and said, “What you propose to do is good.” |
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| WEB | You answered me, and said, “The thing which you have spoken is good to do.” |
| ASV | And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. |
| YLT | and ye answer me and say, Good is the thing which thou hast spoken--to do. |
| DARBY | And ye answered me, and said, The thing that thou hast spoken is good for us to do. |
| BBE | And you made answer and said to me, It is good for us to do as you say. |
| Webster | And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. |
What does Deuteronomy 1:14 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 1:9-18
9-18. I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone--a little before their arrival in Horeb. Moses addresses that new generation as the representatives of their fathers, in whose sight and hearing all the transactions he recounts took place. A reference is here made to the suggestion of Jethro (Ex 18:18). In noticing his practical adoption of a plan by which the administration of…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 1:9-18
Moses reminds the people of the happy constitution of their government, which might make them all safe and easy, if it was not their own fault. He owns the fulfilment of God's promise to Abraham, and prays for the further accomplishment of it. We are not straitened in the power and goodness of God; why should we be straitened in our own faith and hope? Good laws were given to the Israelites, and good men were to see…
Deuteronomy 1:14 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Deuteronomy 1:13
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
- Deuteronomy 1:14
And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
- Deuteronomy 1:15
So 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.
Deuteronomy 1:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y me respondisteis, y dijisteis: Bueno es hacer lo que has dicho. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et vous m’avez répondu et avez dit: La chose que tu as dit de faire est bonne. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ihr antwortetet mir und sprachet: Gut ist die Sache, die du zu tun gesagt hast. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Tunc respondistis mihi: Bona res est, quam vis facere. |