Deuteronomy 33 · Verse 5

Deuteronomy 33:5

And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
Deuteronomy 33:5, King James Version

Deuteronomy 33:5 in other translations

BSBSo the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.
WEBHe was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together.
ASVAnd he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.
YLTAnd he is in Jeshurun king, In the heads of the people gathering together, The tribes of Israel!
DARBYAnd he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people And the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
BBEAnd there was a king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel came together.
WebsterAnd he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were assembled.

What does Deuteronomy 33:5 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 33:1-5

To all his precepts, warnings, and prophecies, Moses added a solemn blessing. He begins with a description of the glorious appearances of God, in giving the law. His law works like fire. If received, it is melting, warming, purifying, and burns up the dross of corruption; if rejected, it hardens, sears, pains, and destroys. The Holy Spirit came down in cloven tongues, as of fire; for the gospel also is a fiery law…

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Deuteronomy 33:5 in the original Hebrew

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וַיְהִ֥יvay.Hiand he wasH1961
בִישֻׁר֖וּןvi.shu.Runin JeshurunH3484
מֶ֑לֶךְMe.lekhkingH4428
בְּהִתְאַסֵּף֙be.hit.'a.Sefwhen gathered themselvesH622
רָ֣אשֵׁיRa.shei[the] chiefs ofH7218
עָ֔ם'Am[the] peopleH5971
יַ֖חַדYa.chadtogetherH3162
שִׁבְטֵ֥יshiv.Tei[the] tribes ofH7626
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 33:5

  • Deuteronomy 32:15

    But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

  • Judges 17:6

    In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

  • Genesis 36:31

    And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.

  • Judges 8:22

    Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.

  • Exodus 18:19

    Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:

  • Exodus 18:16

    When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

  • Numbers 16:13-15

    Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us? Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the Lord, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.

  • Judges 9:2

    Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

  • Numbers 23:21

    He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
king.
Ge 36:31; Ex 18:16,19; Nu 16:13-15; Jud 8:22; 9:2; 17:6
Jeshurun.
32:15

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 33:4

    Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

  • Deuteronomy 33:5

    And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.

  • Deuteronomy 33:6

    Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

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Deuteronomy 33:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y fué rey en Jeshurun, cuando se congregaron las cabezas del pueblo con las tribus de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et il a été roi en Jeshurun, quand les chefs du peuple se réunirent ensemble avec les tribus d’Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er ward König in Jeschurun, als sich versammelten die Häupter des Volkes, die Stämme Israels allzumal. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Erit apud rectissimum rex, congregatis principibus populi cum tribubus Israël.