Deuteronomy 1:13
King James Version (KJV)
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
In context
11 (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
Deuteronomy 1:13 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
- WEB World English Bible
- Take wise men of understanding who are respected among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Give for yourselves men, wise and intelligent, and known to your tribes, and I set them for your heads;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Provide you wise and understanding and known men, according to your tribes, that I may make them your chiefs.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Take ye wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.