14Then you answered me: The thing is good which thou meanest to do.


In Context

11 (The Lord God of your fathers add to this number many thousands, and bless you as he hath spoken.)

12 I alone am not able to bear your business, and the charge of you and your differences.

13 Let me have from among you wise and understanding men, and such whose conversation is approved among your tribes, that I may appoint them your rulers.

14 Then you answered me: The thing is good which thou meanest to do.

15 And I took out of your tribes men wise and honourable, and appointed them rulers, tribunes, and centurions, and officers over fifties, and over tens, who might teach you all things.

16 And I commanded them, saying: Hear them, and judge that which is just: whether he be one of your country, or a stranger.

Deuteronomy 1:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:14And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good [for us] to do.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:14You answered me, "What you propose to do is good."

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:14And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:14And ye answered me, and said, The thing that thou hast spoken is good for us to do.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:14And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:14And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:14You answered me, and said, |The thing which you have spoken is good [for us] to do.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:14and ye answer me and say, Good is the thing which thou hast spoken — to do.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:14And you answered me, and said, The thing which you have spoken is good for us to do.