Deuteronomy 1:23

New Century Version

I thought that was a good idea, so I chose twelve of your men, one for each tribe.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
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:

Lexham English Bible
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.

New English Translation
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.

New American Standard Bible
"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.

Legacy Standard Bible
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.

Complete Jewish Bible
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.

Easy-to-Read Version
"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;

Good News Translation
"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.

Literal Translation
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.

American Standard Version
And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:

Bible in Basic English
And what you said seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from among you, one from every tribe;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
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;

King James Version (1611)
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.

English Revised Version
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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
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.

Update Bible Version
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:

World English Bible
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.

New Living Translation
"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.

New Revised Standard
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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 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!"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The thing pleased me and I took twelve of your men, one man for each tribe.

Contextual Overview

¹⁹ Then, as the Lord our God commanded us, we left Mount Sinai and went toward the mountain country of the Amorite people. We went through that large and terrible desert you saw, and then we came to Kadesh Barnea. ²⁰ I said to you, "You have now come to the mountain country of the Amorites, to the land the Lord our God will give us. ²¹ Look, here it is! Go up and take it. The Lord , the God of your ancestors, told you to do this, so don't be afraid and don't worry." ²² Then all of you came to me and said, "Let's send men before us to spy out the land. They can come back and tell us about the way we should go and the cities we will find." ²³ I thought that was a good idea, so I chose twelve of your men, one for each tribe. ²⁴ They left and went up to the mountains, and when they came to the Valley of Eshcol they explored it. ²⁵ They took some of the fruit from that land and brought it down to us, saying, "It is a good land that the Lord our God is giving us." ²⁶ But you refused to go. You would not obey the command of the Lord your God, ²⁷ but grumbled in your tents, saying, "The Lord hates us. He brought us out of Egypt just to give us to the Amorites, who will destroy us. ²⁸ Where can we go now? The spies we sent have made us afraid, because they said, ‘The people there are stronger and taller than we are. The cities are big, with walls up to the sky. And we saw the Anakites there!'"

Bible Verse Review
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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.