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


In Context

20 I said to you: You are come to the mountain of the Amorrhite, which the Lord our God will give to us.

21 See the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord our God hath spoken to thy fathers: fear not, nor be any way discouraged.

22 And you came all to me, and said: Let us send men who may view the land, and bring us word what way we shall go up, and to what cities we shall go.

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

24 Who, when they had set forward and had gone up to the mountains, came as far as the valley of the cluster: and having viewed the land,

25 Taking of the fruits thereof, to shew its fertility, they brought them to us, and said: The land is good, which the Lord our God will give 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:23And the matter was good in mine eyes; and I took twelve men of you, one man for a 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: