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Deuteronomy 33:5

And there was a king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel came together.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Death;   Jeshurun;   Theocracy;   Thompson Chain Reference - Jeshurun;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy;   Jeshurun;   King, Kings;   Simeon;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Habakkuk, Theology of;   King, Kingship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jeshurun;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Pentateuch;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeshurun;   King, Kingship;   Poetry;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jeshurun;   Targums;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jeshurun, Jesurun ;   Moses ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jeshurun;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Kings;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jeshurun;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Augustine;   Jeshurun;   Repentance;   Simḥat Torah;   Zealots;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So he became King in Jeshurunwhen the leaders of the people gatheredwith the tribes of Israel.
Hebrew Names Version
He was king in Yeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Yisra'el together.
King James Version
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
Lexham English Bible
And then a king arose in Jeshurun, at the gathering of the leaders of the people, united were the tribes of Israel.
English Standard Version
Thus the Lord became king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together.
New Century Version
The Lord became king of Israel when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.
New English Translation
The Lord was king over Jeshurun, when the leaders of the people assembled, the tribes of Israel together.
Amplified Bible
"The LORD was King in Jeshurun (Israel), When the heads of the people were gathered, The tribes of Israel together.
New American Standard Bible
"And He was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people gathered, The tribes of Israel together.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then he was among the righteous people, as King, when the heades of the people, and the tribes of Israel were assembled.
Legacy Standard Bible
And He was king in Jeshurun,When the heads of the people were gathered,The tribes of Israel together.
Contemporary English Version
Then you and your leaders made the Lord your king.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then a king arose in Yeshurun when the leaders of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Isra'el together.
Darby Translation
And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people And the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
Easy-to-Read Version
At that time the Israelites and their leaders met together, and the Lord became Jeshurun's king!
George Lamsa Translation
And there shall be a king in Israel, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel are gathered together.
Good News Translation
The Lord became king of his people Israel when their tribes and leaders were gathered together.
Literal Translation
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people assembled, the tribes of Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he was in the fulnesse of the kynge, & helde ye rulers of ye people together, with the trybes of Israel.
American Standard Version
And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he was in Israel king, when the heades of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And there was a king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together.
King James Version (1611)
And hee was King in Iesurun, when the heads of the people, and the Tribes of Israel were gathered together.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he shall be prince with the beloved one, when the princes of the people are gathered together with the tribes of Israel.
English Revised Version
And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.
Berean Standard Bible
So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, together with the tribes of Israel.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the king schal be at the moost riytful, whanne princes of the puple schulen be gaderid togidere with the lynagis of Israel.
Young's Literal Translation
And he is in Jeshurun king, In the heads of the people gathering together, The tribes of Israel!
Update Bible Version
And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people [and] the tribes of Israel were assembled.
World English Bible
He was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.
New King James Version
And He was King in Jeshurun, When the leaders of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.
New Living Translation
The Lord became king in Israel— when the leaders of the people assembled, when the tribes of Israel gathered as one."
New Life Bible
The Lord was King in Jeshurun, when the leaders of the people were gathered, all the families of Israel together.
New Revised Standard
There arose a king in Jeshurun, when the leaders of the people assembled— the united tribes of Israel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus became he in, Jeshurun, a king, - When the heads of the people gathered them-selves together, As one man, the tribes of Israel. Reuben -
Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall be king with the most right, the princes of the people, being assembled with the tribes of Israel.
Revised Standard Version
Thus the LORD became king in Jesh'urun, when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And He was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, The tribes of Israel together.

Contextual Overview

1 Now this is the blessing which Moses, the man of God, gave to the children of Israel before his death. 2 He said, The Lord came from Sinai, dawning on them from Seir; shining out from Mount Paran, coming from Meribath Kadesh: from his right hand went flames of fire: his wrath made waste the peoples. 3 All his holy ones are at his hand; they go at his feet; they are lifted up on his wings. 4 Moses gave us a law, a heritage for the people of Jacob. 5 And there was a king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel came together.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

king: Genesis 36:31, Exodus 18:16, Exodus 18:19, Numbers 16:13-15, Judges 8:22, Judges 9:2, Judges 17:6

Jeshurun: Deuteronomy 32:15

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 18:18 - like unto Judges 18:1 - no king Job 29:25 - dwelt Isaiah 44:2 - Jesurun Jeremiah 30:21 - governor

Cross-References

Genesis 30:2
But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit?
Genesis 48:9
And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this land. And he said, Let them come near me, and I will give them a blessing.
Ruth 4:13
So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and the Lord made her with child and she gave birth to a son.
1 Samuel 1:27
My prayer was for this child; and the Lord has given him to me in answer to my request:
1 Chronicles 28:5
And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me a great number of sons) he has made selection of Solomon to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
Isaiah 8:18
See, I and the children whom the Lord has given me, are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of armies, whose resting-place is in Mount Zion.
Hebrews 2:13
And again he says, I will put my faith in him. And again, See, I am here, and the children which God has given to me.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he was king in Jeshurun,.... That is, in Israel, or over the people of Israel, of which name of theirs, :-; either God, as Jarchi; for the government of the Israelites was a theocracy, and their laws were immediately from God, and by him they were guided and directed in all things; wherefore, when they were so importunate for a change in their government, and to have a king over them, they are said to reject the Lord, that he should not reign over them, 1 Samuel 8:7; or Moses, as Aben Ezra on the place, Maimonides f, and others g; who, under God, had the civil government of the Hebrews; both may be received, God was the supreme Governor, and Moses the chief magistrate under him:

when the heads of Israel [and] the tribes of the people were gathered together; at Mount Sinai, to hear the law there and then given, or to hear it repeated by Moses, as in this book of Deuteronomy, who were at different times convened together for that purpose, see Deuteronomy 1:1; next follow the particular blessings of the several tribes, beginning with Reuben the firstborn.

f In Misn. Shebuot, c. 2. sect. 2. g Philo de Vita Mosis, l. 3. p. 681.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He was king - i. e., not Moses but the Lord became king.


 
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