Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 1:13 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Choose wise, understanding, experienced, and respected men according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you. American Standard Version (1901) Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you. Common English Bible Now, for each of your tribes, choose wise, discerning, and well-regarded individuals. I will appoint them as your leaders. Catholic Public Domain Version Offer, from among you, wise and experienced men, those whose conversation has been proven within your tribes, so that I may appoint them as your rulers.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.