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Deuteronomy 1:23
And what you said seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from among you, one from every tribe;
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Hebrew Names Version
The thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
The thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
King James Version
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
Lexham English Bible
The plan was good in my opinion, and so I took from among you twelve men, one from each tribe.
The plan was good in my opinion, and so I took from among you twelve men, one from each tribe.
English Standard Version
The thing seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from you, one man from each tribe.
The thing seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from you, one man from each tribe.
New Century Version
I thought that was a good idea, so I chose twelve of your men, one for each tribe.
I thought that was a good idea, so I chose twelve of your men, one for each tribe.
New English Translation
I thought this was a good idea, so I sent twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.
I thought this was a good idea, so I sent twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.
Amplified Bible
"The plan pleased me and I took twelve of your men, one man from each tribe.
"The plan pleased me and I took twelve of your men, one man from each tribe.
New American Standard Bible
"The plan pleased me, and I took twelve of your men, one man for each tribe.
"The plan pleased me, and I took twelve of your men, one man for each tribe.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So the saying pleased me well, and I tooke twelue men of you, of euery tribe one.
So the saying pleased me well, and I tooke twelue men of you, of euery tribe one.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the thing was good in my sight, and I took twelve of your men, one man for each tribe.
And the thing was good in my sight, and I took twelve of your men, one man for each tribe.
Contemporary English Version
It seemed like a good idea, so I chose twelve men, one from each tribe.
It seemed like a good idea, so I chose twelve men, one from each tribe.
Complete Jewish Bible
The idea seemed good to me, so I took twelve of your men, one from each tribe;
The idea seemed good to me, so I took twelve of your men, one from each tribe;
Darby Translation
And the matter was good in mine eyes; and I took twelve men of you, one man for a tribe.
And the matter was good in mine eyes; and I took twelve men of you, one man for a tribe.
Easy-to-Read Version
"I thought that was a good idea. So I chose twelve men from among you, one man from each tribe.
"I thought that was a good idea. So I chose twelve men from among you, one man from each tribe.
George Lamsa Translation
And the saying pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man of each tribe;
And the saying pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man of each tribe;
Good News Translation
"That seemed like a good thing to do, so I selected twelve men, one from each tribe.
"That seemed like a good thing to do, so I selected twelve men, one from each tribe.
Christian Standard Bible®
The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one man for each tribe.
The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one man for each tribe.
Literal Translation
And the thing was good in my eyes, and I took twelve men of you, one man for each tribe.
And the thing was good in my eyes, and I took twelve men of you, one man for each tribe.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
That pleased me well, and I toke twolue men from amonge you, of euery trybe one.
That pleased me well, and I toke twolue men from amonge you, of euery trybe one.
American Standard Version
And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the saying pleased me well: and I toke twelue men of you, of euery tribe one.
And the saying pleased me well: and I toke twelue men of you, of euery tribe one.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe;
And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe;
King James Version (1611)
And the saying pleased mee well: and I tooke twelue men of you, one of a tribe.
And the saying pleased mee well: and I tooke twelue men of you, one of a tribe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the saying pleased me: and I took of you twelve men, one man of a tribe.
And the saying pleased me: and I took of you twelve men, one man of a tribe.
English Revised Version
And the thing pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
And the thing pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
Berean Standard Bible
The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.
The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne the word pleside to me, Y sente of you twelue men, of ech lynage oon.
And whanne the word pleside to me, Y sente of you twelue men, of ech lynage oon.
Young's Literal Translation
and the thing is good in mine eyes, and I take of you twelve men, one man for a tribe.
and the thing is good in mine eyes, and I take of you twelve men, one man for a tribe.
Update Bible Version
And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
Webster's Bible Translation
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
World English Bible
The thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
The thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
New King James Version
"The plan pleased me well; so I took twelve of your men, one man from each tribe.
"The plan pleased me well; so I took twelve of your men, one man from each tribe.
New Living Translation
"This seemed like a good idea to me, so I chose twelve scouts, one from each of your tribes.
"This seemed like a good idea to me, so I chose twelve scouts, one from each of your tribes.
New Life Bible
What you said pleased me. I took twelve of your men, one man for each family group.
What you said pleased me. I took twelve of your men, one man for each family group.
New Revised Standard
The plan seemed good to me, and I selected twelve of you, one from each tribe.
The plan seemed good to me, and I selected twelve of you, one from each tribe.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the thing, was good in mine eyes, - so I took from among you twelve men, one man for each tribe.
And the thing, was good in mine eyes, - so I took from among you twelve men, one man for each tribe.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And because the saying pleased me, I sent of you twelve men, one of every tribe:
And because the saying pleased me, I sent of you twelve men, one of every tribe:
Revised Standard Version
The thing seemed good to me, and I took twelve men of you, one man for each tribe;
The thing seemed good to me, and I took twelve men of you, one man for each tribe;
THE MESSAGE
That seemed like a good idea to me, so I picked twelve men, one from each tribe. They set out, climbing through the hills. They came to the Eshcol Valley and looked it over. They took samples of the produce of the land and brought them back to us, saying, "It's a good land that God , our God, is giving us!"
That seemed like a good idea to me, so I picked twelve men, one from each tribe. They set out, climbing through the hills. They came to the Eshcol Valley and looked it over. They took samples of the produce of the land and brought them back to us, saying, "It's a good land that God , our God, is giving us!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The thing pleased me and I took twelve of your men, one man for each tribe.
"The thing pleased me and I took twelve of your men, one man for each tribe.
Contextual Overview
19 Then we went on from Horeb, through all that great and cruel waste which you saw, on our way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as the Lord gave us orders; and we came to Kadesh-barnea. 20 And I said to you, You have come to the hill-country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us. 21 See now, the Lord your God has put the land into your hands: go up and take it, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has said to you; have no fear and do not be troubled. 22 And you came near to me, every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us to go through the land with care and give us an account of the way we are to go and the towns to which we will come. 23 And what you said seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from among you, one from every tribe; 24 And they went up into the hill-country and came to the valley of Eshcol, and saw what was there. 25 And taking in their hands some of the fruit of the land, they came down again to us, and gave us their account, saying, It is a good land which the Lord our God is giving us. 26 But going against the order of the Lord your God, you would not go up: 27 And you made an angry outcry in your tents, and said, In his hate for us the Lord has taken us out of the land of Egypt, to give us up into the hands of the Amorites for our destruction. 28 Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our hearts feeble with fear by saying, The people are greater and taller than we are, and the towns are great and walled up to heaven; and more than this, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Numbers 13:3-33
Reciprocal: Numbers 20:1 - Then Numbers 32:8 - General Joshua 4:2 - twelve men 1 Samuel 20:7 - It is well
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the saying pleased me well,.... Taking it to be a rational and prudent scheme, not imagining it was the effect of fear and distrust:
and I took twelve men of you out of a tribe; whose names are given in
Numbers 13:4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The plan of sending the spies originated with the people; and, as in itself a reasonable one, it approved itself to Moses; it was submitted to God, sanctioned by Him, and carried out under special divine direction. The orator’s purpose in this chapter is to bring before the people emphatically their own responsibilites and behavior. It is therefore important to remind them, that the sending of the spies, which led immediately to their complaining and rebellion, was their own suggestion.
The following verses to the end of the chapter give a condensed account, the fuller one being in Num. 13–14, of the occurrences which led to the banishment of the people for 40 years into the wilderness.
