Then the king sent, and all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem were gathered to him.
Deuteronomy 31:28 - Revised Standard Version Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears and call heaven and earth to witness against them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Gather to me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears and call heaven and earth to witness against them. American Standard Version (1901) Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them. Common English Bible Assemble all of your tribes’ elders and your officials in front of me, so I can speak these words in their hearing, and so I can call heaven and earth as my witnesses against them, Catholic Public Domain Version Gather to me all those greater by birth throughout your tribes, as well as your teachers, and I will speak these words in their hearing, and I will call heaven and earth as witnesses against them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Gather unto me all the ancients of your tribes, and your doctors, and I will speak these words in their hearing: and will call heaven and earth to witness against them. |
Then the king sent, and all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem were gathered to him.
The heavens will reveal his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.
He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: “Sons have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me.
He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.”
“You stand this day all of you before the Lord your God; the heads of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, all the men of Israel,
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life, that you and your descendants may live,
Assemble the people, men, women, and little ones, and the sojourner within your towns, that they may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God, and be careful to do all the words of this law,
“Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you are going over the Jordan to possess; you will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.