These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the Israelites.
Deuteronomy 33:5 - Revised Standard Version Thus the Lord became king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people And the tribes of Israel were gathered together. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [The Lord] was King in Jeshurun (Israel) when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together. American Standard Version (1901) And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together. Common English Bible A king came to rule in Jeshurun, when the people’s leaders gathered together, when Israel’s tribes were one. Catholic Public Domain Version The king shall have great righteousness, at the gathering of the princes of the people with the tribes of Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He shall be king with the most right: the princes of the people being assembled with the tribes of Israel. |
These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the Israelites.
when they have a dispute, they come to me and I decide between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God and his decisions.”
Listen now to my voice; I will give you counsel, and God be with you! You shall represent the people before God, and bring their cases to God;
Thus says the Lord who made you, who formed you from the womb and will help you: Fear not, O Jacob my servant, Jeshurun whom I have chosen.
He has not beheld misfortune in Jacob; nor has he seen trouble in Israel. The Lord their God is with them, and the shout of a king is among them.
“But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked; you waxed fat, you grew thick, you became sleek; then he forsook God who made him, and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.
“There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the heavens to your help, and in his majesty through the skies.
In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, you and your son and your grandson also; for you have delivered us out of the hand of Midian.”
“Say in the ears of all the citizens of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal rule over you, or that one rule over you?’ Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.”