Deuteronomy 1:13

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11 ^aMay the Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times more numerous than you are, and bless you ^bas He has promised you!

12 ^aHow can I alone bear your problems and your burdens and your complaints?

13 Choose wise, understanding, and knowledgeable men from among your tribes, and I will make them¹ heads over you.’

14 And you answered me and said, ‘The thing which you have told us to do is good.’

15 So I took ^athe heads of your tribes, wise and knowledgeable men, and¹ made them heads over you, leaders of thousands, leaders of hundreds, leaders of fifties, leaders of tens, and officers for your tribes.

16 “Then I commanded your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your brethren, and ^ajudge righteously between a man and his ^bbrother or the stranger who is with him.

17 ^aYou shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid in any man’s presence, for ^bthe judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, ^cbring to me, and I will hear it.’

18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which you should do.

Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 1:13

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American Standard Version
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.

Amplified® Bible
Choose wise, understanding, experienced, {and} respected men according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.

Contemporary English Version
Each tribe must choose some experienced men who are known for their wisdom and understanding, and I will make those men the official leaders of their tribes.

Darby English Version
Provide you wise and understanding and known men, according to your tribes, that I may make them your chiefs.

Good News Bible
Choose some wise, understanding, and experienced men from each tribe, and I will put them in charge of you.'

King James Version
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

New American Standard Bible
`Choose wise and discerning and experienced men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.'

New International Version
Choose some wise, understanding and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you."

New King James Version
Choose wise, understanding, and knowledgeable men from among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.’

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
' Choose wise and discerning and experienced men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.'

Revised Standard Version
Choose wise, understanding, and experienced men, according to your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.'

Young's Literal Translation
Give for yourselves men, wise and intelligent, and known to your tribes, and I set them for your heads;

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