13Give for yourselves men, wise and intelligent, and known to your tribes, and I set them for your heads;


In Context

10 Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and lo, ye are to-day as the stars of the heavens for multitude;

11 Jehovah, God of your fathers, is adding to you, as ye are, a thousand times, and doth bless you as He hath spoken to you.

12 'How do I bear by myself your pressure, and your burden, and your strife?

13 Give for yourselves men, wise and intelligent, and known to your tribes, and I set them for your heads;

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

15 'And I take the heads of your tribes, men, wise and known, and I appoint them heads over you, princes of thousands, and princes of hundreds, and princes of fifties, and princes of tens, and authorities, for your tribes.

Deuteronomy 1:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:13Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:13Choose some wise, understanding and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:13Let 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:13Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:13Provide you wise and understanding and known men, according to your tribes, that I may make them your chiefs.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:13Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:13Take ye wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:13Take wise men of understanding and well known according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:13Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.