Deuteronomy 1:23 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
and the thing is good in mine eyes, and I take of you twelve men, one man for a tribe.
English ASV
And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
English Amplified
The thing pleased me well, and I took twelve men of you, one for each tribe.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
The thing pleased me well, and I took twelve men of you, one for each tribe.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one man for each tribe.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
And the matter was good in mine eyes; and I took twelve men of you, one man for a tribe.
English EASY 2024
I thought that this was a good idea. I chose 12 men, one from each of your tribes.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
"I thought that was a good idea. So I chose twelve men from among you, one man from each tribe.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
The thing seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from you, one man from each tribe.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
“That seemed like a good thing to do, so I selected twelve men, one from each tribe.
English God's Word - GW 1995
It seemed like a good idea to me. So I chose 12 of your men, one from each tribe.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
The plan seemed good to me, so I selected 12 men from among you, one man for each tribe.
English KJV 1611
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
English LSB
And the thing was good in my sight, and I took twelve of your men, one man for each tribe.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
The thing pleased me, and I took twelve men from you, one out of each tribe.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"The thing pleased me and I took twelve of your men, one man for each tribe.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Agreeing with the proposal, I chose twelve men from your number, one from each tribe.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
I thought this was a good idea, so I sent twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
That seemed like a good idea to me. So I chose 12 of you. I picked one man from each tribe.
English NIV
The idea seemed good to me; so I selected twelve of you, one man from each tribe.
English NKJ 1982
“The plan pleased me well; so I took twelve of your men, one man from each tribe.
English NLT
This seemed like a good idea to me, so I chose twelve scouts, one from each of your tribes.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
The plan seemed good to me, and I selected twelve of you, one from each tribe.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
The thing seemed good to me, and I took twelve men of you, one man for each tribe;
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
“This seemed like a good idea, so I chose twelve spies, one from each tribe.
English Tyndale 1537
And the saying pleased me well, and I took twelve men of you, of every tribe one.