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Deuteronomy 1:14

You replied to me that what I had said to you was 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

Legacy Standard Bible
Then you answered me and said, ‘The thing which you have said to do is good.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You answered me and said, 'The thing which you have said to do is good.'
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And ye aunswered me, & sayde: That which yu hast spoken, is good for vs to do.
Easy-to-Read Version
"And you said, ‘That is a good thing to do.'
Revised Standard Version
And you answered me, 'The thing that you have 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.
King James Version (1611)
And ye answered me, and saide, The thing which thou hast spoken, is good for vs to doe.
King James Version
And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then answered ye me, and sayde: It is a good thinge, that thou sayest thou wilt do.
THE MESSAGE
You answered me, "Good! A good solution."
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.
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.
New King James Version
And you answered me and said, "The thing which you have told us 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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then ye answered me and said, The thing is good that thou hast commanded vs to doe.
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.
Amplified Bible
"And you answered me, 'The thing which you have said to do is good.'
Hebrew Names Version
You answered me, and said, The thing which you have spoken is good [for us] to do.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And ye answered me, and said: 'The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.'
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."
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."
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.
Lexham English Bible
"And you answered me, and you said, ‘The thing you have said to do is good.'
Literal Translation
And you answered me and said, The thing which you have spoken is good to do.
English Standard Version
And you answered me, ‘The thing that you have spoken is good for us to do.'
New American Standard Bible
"And you answered me and said, 'The thing which you have said to do is good.'
New Century Version
And you said, "That's a good thing to do."
Christian Standard Bible®
"You replied to me, ‘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.

Contextual Overview

9 I also said to you at that time, "I am no longer able to sustain you by myself. 10 The Lord your God has increased your population to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky. 11 Indeed, may the Lord , the God of your ancestors, make you a thousand times more numerous than you are now, blessing you just as he said he would! 12 But how can I alone bear up under the burden of your hardship and strife? 13 Select wise and practical men, those known among your tribes, whom I may appoint as your leaders." 14 You replied to me that what I had said to you was good. 15 So I chose as your tribal leaders wise and well-known men, placing them over you as administrators of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and also as other tribal officials. 16 I furthermore admonished your judges at that time that they should pay attention to issues among your fellow citizens and judge fairly, whether between one citizen and another or a citizen and a resident foreigner. 17 They must not discriminate in judgment, but hear the lowly and the great alike. Nor should they be intimidated by human beings, for judgment belongs to God. If the matter being adjudicated is too difficult for them, they should bring it before me for a hearing. 18 So I instructed you at that time regarding everything 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
Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.
Genesis 1:3
God said, "Let there be light." And there was light!
Genesis 1:4
God saw that the light was good, so God separated the light from the darkness.
Genesis 1:6
God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it separate water from water."
Genesis 1:7
So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so.
Genesis 1:8
God called the expanse "sky." There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.
Genesis 1:9
God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear." It was so.
Genesis 1:12
The land produced vegetation—plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:14
God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and 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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