23And the matter was good in mine eyes; and I took twelve men of you, one man for a tribe.


In Context

20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which Jehovah our God giveth us.

21 Behold, Jehovah thy God hath set the land before thee: go up, take possession, as Jehovah the God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.

22 And ye came near to me all of you, and said, We will send men before us, who shall examine the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and of the cities to which we shall come.

23 And the matter was good in mine eyes; and I took twelve men of you, one man for a tribe.

24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came to the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.

25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hand, and brought it down unto us, and brought us answer, and said, The land is good that Jehovah our God hath given us.

Deuteronomy 1:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:23and the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:23The idea seemed good to me; so I selected twelve of you, one man from each tribe.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:23And because the saying pleased me, I sent of you twelve men, one of every tribe:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:23And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:23And the thing pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:23And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:23The thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:23and the thing is good in mine eyes, and I take of you twelve men, one man for a tribe.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:23And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe: