Now therefore let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 1:13 - English Standard Version 2016 Choose for your tribes wise, understanding, and experienced men, and I will appoint them as your heads.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 select a discerning and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
How can I bear by myself the weight and burden of you and your strife?
And you answered me, ‘The thing that you have spoken is good for us to do.’