*Now therefore let Par`oh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 1:13 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Take wise men of understanding and well known according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you. 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 Par`oh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Moreover you shall 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 encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
You answered me, and said, The thing which you have spoken is good [for us] to do.