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New American Standard Bible (1995)

Deuteronomy 1:14

"You answered me and said, 'The thing which you have said to do is good.'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Government;   Israel;   Judge;   Moses;   Officer;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Courts of Justice;   Desert, Journey of Israel through the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Argob;   Blessing;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Wisdom;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Judge (Office);  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Judge;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Millet;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You answered me, and said, The thing which you have spoken is good [for us] to do.
King James Version
And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
Lexham English Bible
"And you answered me, and you said, ‘The thing you have said to do is good.'
English Standard Version
And you answered me, ‘The thing that you have spoken is good for us to do.'
New Century Version
And you said, "That's a good thing to do."
New English Translation
You replied to me that what I had said to you was good.
Amplified Bible
"And you answered me, 'The thing which you have said to do is good.'
New American Standard Bible
"And you answered me and said, 'The thing which you have said to do is good.'
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then ye answered me and said, The thing is good that thou hast commanded vs to doe.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then you answered me and said, ‘The thing which you have said to do is good.'
Contemporary English Version
You answered, "That's a good idea!"
Complete Jewish Bible
"You answered me, ‘What you have said would be a good thing for us to do.'
Darby Translation
And ye answered me, and said, The thing that thou hast spoken is good [for us] to do.
Easy-to-Read Version
"And you said, ‘That is a good thing to do.'
George Lamsa Translation
And you answered and said to me, The thing that you have spoken is good for us to do.
Good News Translation
And you agreed that this was a good thing to do.
Christian Standard Bible®
“You replied to me, ‘What you propose to do is good.’
Literal Translation
And you answered me and said, The thing which you have spoken is good to do.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then answered ye me, and sayde: It is a good thinge, that thou sayest thou wilt do.
American Standard Version
And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
Bible in Basic English
And you made answer and said to me, It is good for us to do as you say.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And ye aunswered me, & sayde: That which yu hast spoken, is good for vs to do.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And ye answered me, and said: 'The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.'
King James Version (1611)
And ye answered me, and saide, The thing which thou hast spoken, is good for vs to doe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And ye answered me and said, The thing which thou hast told us is good to do.
English Revised Version
And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
Berean Standard Bible
And you answered me and said, "What you propose to do is good."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thanne ye answeriden to me, The thing is good which thou wolt do.
Young's Literal Translation
and ye answer me and say, Good [is] the thing which thou hast spoken -- to do.
Update Bible Version
And you answered me, and said, The thing which you have spoken is good [for us] to do.
Webster's Bible Translation
And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken [is] good [for us] to do.
World English Bible
You answered me, and said, The thing which you have spoken is good [for us] to do.
New King James Version
And you answered me and said, "The thing which you have told us to do is good.'
New Living Translation
"Then you responded, ‘Your plan is a good one.'
New Life Bible
You answered me and said, ‘The thing which you have spoken is good for us to do.'
New Revised Standard
You answered me, "The plan you have proposed is a good one."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And ye answered me, - and said, Good, is the word which thou hast spoken to be done.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then you answered me: The thing is good which thou meanest to do.
Revised Standard Version
And you answered me, 'The thing that you have spoken is good for us to do.'
THE MESSAGE
You answered me, "Good! A good solution."

Contextual Overview

9 "I spoke to you at that time, saying, 'I am not able to bear the burden of you alone. 10 'The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number. 11 'May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand-fold more than you are and bless you, just as He has promised you! 12 'How can I alone bear the load and burden of you and your strife? 13 'Choose wise and discerning and experienced men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.' 14 "You answered me and said, 'The thing which you have said to do is good.'15 "So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and appointed them heads over you, leaders of thousands and of hundreds, of fifties and of tens, and officers for your tribes. 16 "Then I charged your judges at that time, saying, 'Hear the cases between your fellow countrymen, and judge righteously between a man and his fellow countryman, or the alien who is with him. 17 'You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not fear man, for the judgment is God's. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.' 18 "I commanded you at that time all the things that you should do.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:2
The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.
Genesis 1:3
Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.
Genesis 1:4
God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.
Genesis 1:6
Then God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."
Genesis 1:7
God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.
Genesis 1:8
God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
Genesis 1:9
Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so.
Genesis 1:12
The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:14
Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And ye answered me and said,.... As the speech of Moses to the people is not expressed before, so neither this answer of theirs to him:

the thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do; to look out for and present persons to him as before described; this they saw was for their own good and profit, as well as for the ease of Moses, and therefore readily agreed to it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This appointment of the “captains” (compare Exodus 18:21 ff) must not be confounded with that of the elders in Numbers 11:16 ff. The former would number 78,600; the latter were 70 only.

A comparison between this passage and that in Exodus makes it obvious that Moses is only touching on certain parts of the whole history, without regard to order of time, but with a special purpose. This important arrangement for the good government of the people took place before they left Horeb to march direct to the promised land. This fact sets more clearly before us the perverseness and ingratitude of the people, to which the orator next passes; and shows, what he was anxious to impress, that the fault of the 40 years’ delay rested only with themselves!


 
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