Deuteronomy 1:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:”

Deuteronomy 1:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Deuteronomy 1:23 in 6 Bible Translations

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Deuteronomy 1:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The thing pleased me well. I took twelve of your men, one man for every tribe.”

Deuteronomy 1:23 — World English Bible

Deuteronomy 1:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe: ”

Deuteronomy 1:23 — American Standard Version

Deuteronomy 1:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and the thing is good in mine eyes, and I take of you twelve men, one man for a tribe.”

Deuteronomy 1:23 — Young's Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 1:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And the matter was good in mine eyes; and I took twelve men of you, one man for a tribe. ”

Deuteronomy 1:23 — Darby Translation

Deuteronomy 1:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“So the saying pleased me well, and I tooke twelue men of you, of euery tribe one.”

Deuteronomy 1:23 — Geneva Bible

Deuteronomy 1:23 in Context — Deuteronomy 1

21 Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.

22 And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.

23 And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:

24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.

25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the Lord our God doth give us.

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What Does Deuteronomy 1:23 Mean?

Deuteronomy 1:23 is a verse from the Book of Deuteronomy, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Deuteronomy chapter 1. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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