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Young's Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 18:17

and Jehovah saith unto me, They have done well that they have spoken;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Moses;   Quotations and Allusions;   The Topic Concordance - Jesus Christ;   Prophecy and Prophets;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophecies Respecting Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Prophets;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Discipline;   Hear, Hearing;   Moses;   Prophet, Christ as;   Prophet, Prophetess, Prophecy;   Teach, Teacher;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Alms;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy, the Book of;   Moses;   Priest;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Messiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Moses ;   Quotations;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Prophecy;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom or Church of Christ, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Christ, Offices of;   Messiah;   Nathan (1);   Teach;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Theology;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the Lord said to me, ‘They have spoken well.
Hebrew Names Version
The LORD said to me, They have well said that which they have spoken.
King James Version
And the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
Lexham English Bible
And Yahweh said to me, ‘They are right in what they have said.
English Standard Version
And the Lord said to me, ‘They are right in what they have spoken.
New Century Version
So the Lord said to me, "What they have said is good.
New English Translation
The Lord then said to me, "What they have said is good.
Amplified Bible
"The LORD said to me, 'They have spoken well.
New American Standard Bible
"And the LORD said to me, 'They have spoken well.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord sayde vnto me, They haue well spoken.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Yahweh said to me, ‘They have spoken well.
Contemporary English Version
Then the Lord told me: Moses, they have said the right thing.
Complete Jewish Bible
On that occasion Adonai said to me, ‘They are right in what they are saying.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
Easy-to-Read Version
"The Lord said to me, ‘What they ask for is good.
George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD said to me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
Good News Translation
So the Lord said to me, ‘They have made a wise request.
Literal Translation
And Jehovah said to me, They have spoken well, what they have said.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye LORDE saide vnto me: They haue well spoken.
American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto me, They have well said that which they have spoken.
Bible in Basic English
Then the Lord said to me, What they have said is well said.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde sayde vnto me: They haue well spoken.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD said unto me: 'They have well said that which they have spoken.
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord said vnto mee, They haue well spoken that which they haue spoken.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord said to me, They have spoken rightly all that they have said to thee.
English Revised Version
And the LORD said unto me, They have well said that which they have spoken.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to me, "They have spoken well.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord seide to me, Thei spaken wel alle thingis.
Update Bible Version
And Yahweh said to me, They have said well that which they have spoken.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD said to me, They have well [spoken of that] which they have spoken.
World English Bible
Yahweh said to me, They have well said that which they have spoken.
New King James Version
"And the LORD said to me: "What they have spoken is good.
New Living Translation
"Then the Lord said to me, ‘What they have said is right.
New Life Bible
And the Lord said to me, ‘They have spoken well.
New Revised Standard
Then the Lord replied to me: "They are right in what they have said.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh said unto me: They have well said what they have spoken.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said to me: They have spoken all things well.
Revised Standard Version
And the LORD said to me, 'They have rightly said all that they have spoken.
THE MESSAGE
And God said to me, "They're right; they've spoken the truth. I'll raise up for them a prophet like you from their kinsmen. I'll tell him what to say and he will pass on to them everything I command him. And anyone who won't listen to my words spoken by him, I will personally hold responsible.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The LORD said to me, 'They have spoken well.

Contextual Overview

15 `A prophet out of thy midst, out of thy brethren, like to me, doth Jehovah thy God raise up to thee -- unto him ye hearken; 16 according to all that thou didst ask from Jehovah thy God, in Horeb, in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not add to hear the voice of Jehovah my God, and this great fire let me not see any more, and I die not; 17 and Jehovah saith unto me, They have done well that they have spoken; 18 a prophet I raise up to them, out of the midst of their brethren, like to thee; and I have given my words in his mouth, and he hath spoken unto them all that which I command him; 19 and it hath been -- the man who doth not hearken unto My words which he doth speak in My name, I require [it] of him. 20 `Only, the prophet who presumeth to speak a word in My name -- that which I have not commanded him to speak -- and who speaketh in the name of other gods -- even that prophet hath died. 21 `And when thou sayest in thy heart, How do we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken? -- 22 that which the prophet speaketh in the name of Jehovah, and the thing is not, and cometh not -- it [is] the word which Jehovah hath not spoken; in presumption hath the prophet spoken it; -- thou art not afraid of him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 5:28

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 1:12 - Thou hast

Cross-References

Genesis 19:24
and Jehovah hath rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah, from the heavens;
2 Kings 4:27
And she cometh in unto the man of God, unto the hill, and layeth hold on his feet, and Gehazi cometh nigh to thrust her away, and the man of God saith, `Let her alone, for her soul [is] bitter to her, and Jehovah hath hidden [it] from me, and hath not declared [it] to me.'
2 Chronicles 20:7
`Art not Thou our God? Thou hast dispossessed the inhabitants of this land from before Thy people Israel, and dost give it to the seed of Abraham Thy friend to the age,
Psalms 25:14
The secret of Jehovah [is] for those fearing Him, And His covenant -- to cause them to know.
John 15:15
no more do I call you servants, because the servant hath not known what his lord doth, and you I have called friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I did make known to you.
James 2:23
and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;' and, `Friend of God' he was called.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord said unto me,.... Unto Moses, who carried the above request to the Lord:

they have well spoken that which they have spoken; see Deuteronomy 5:28.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The ancient fathers of the Church and the generality of modern commentators have regarded our Lord as the prophet promised in these verses. It is evident from the New Testament alone that the Messianic was the accredited interpretation among the Jews at the beginning of the Christian era (compare the marginal references, and John 4:25); nor can our Lord Himself, when He declares that Moses “wrote of Him” John 5:45-47, be supposed to have any other words more directly in view than these, the only words in which Moses, speaking in his own person, gives any prediction of the kind. But the verses seem to have a further, no less evident if subsidiary, reference to a prophetical order which should stand from time to time, as Moses had done, between God and the people; which should make known God’s will to the latter; which should by its presence render it unnecessary either that God should address the people directly, as at Sinai (Deuteronomy 18:16; compare Deuteronomy 5:25 ff), or that the people themselves in lack of counsel should resort to the superstitions of the pagan.

In fact, in the words before us, Moses gives promise both of a prophetic order, and of the Messiah in particular as its chief; of a line of prophets culminating in one eminent individual. And in proportion as we see in our Lord the characteristics of the prophet most perfectly exhibited, so must we regard the promise of Moses as in Him most completely accomplished.


 
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