Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You answered me, “What you propose to do is good.” New Living Translation “Then you responded, ‘Your plan is a good one.’ English Standard Version And you answered me, ‘The thing that you have spoken is good for us to do.’ Berean Standard Bible And you answered me and said, “What you propose to do is good.” King James Bible And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. New King James Version And you answered me and said, ‘The thing which you have told us to do is good.’ New American Standard Bible And you answered me and said, ‘The thing which you have said to do is good.’ NASB 1995 “You answered me and said, ‘The thing which you have said to do is good.’ NASB 1977 “And you answered me and said, ‘The thing which you have said to do is good.’ Legacy Standard Bible Then you answered me and said, ‘The thing which you have said to do is good.’ Amplified Bible And you answered me, ‘The thing which you have said to do is good.’ Christian Standard Bible “You replied to me, ‘What you propose to do is good.’ Holman Christian Standard Bible You replied to me, ‘What you propose to do is good.’” American Standard Version And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And you answered and you said to me: ‘The word that you said to do is good.’ Brenton Septuagint Translation And ye answered me and said, The thing which thou hast told us is good to do. Contemporary English Version You answered, "That's a good idea!" Douay-Rheims Bible Then you answered me: The thing is good which thou meanest to do. English Revised Version And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. GOD'S WORD® Translation You agreed that this was a good idea. Good News Translation And you agreed that this was a good thing to do. International Standard Version You answered by saying that this plan is a good thing. JPS Tanakh 1917 And ye answered me, and said: 'The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.' Literal Standard Version and you answer me and say, The thing which you have spoken [is] good to do. Majority Standard Bible And you answered me and said, “What you propose to do is good.” New American Bible You answered me, “What you have proposed is good.” NET Bible You replied to me that what I had said to you was good. New Revised Standard Version You answered me, “The plan you have proposed is a good one.” New Heart English Bible You answered me, and said, "The thing which you have spoken is good to do." Webster's Bible Translation And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. World English Bible You answered me, and said, “The thing which you have spoken is good to do.” Young's Literal Translation and ye answer me and say, Good is the thing which thou hast spoken -- to do. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Moses Appoints Leaders…13Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.” 14And you answered me and said, “What you propose to do is good.” 15So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes.… Cross References Deuteronomy 1:13 Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders." Deuteronomy 1:15 So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you--as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes. Treasury of Scripture And you answered me, and said, The thing which you have spoken is good for us to do. Jump to Previous ProposeJump to Next ProposeDeuteronomy 1 1. Moses' speech in the end of the fortieth year6. briefly rehearsing the history of God's sending them from Horeb 14. of giving them officers 19. of sending the spies to search the land 34. of his anger for their incredulity 41. and disobedience Verses 14, 15. - The people approved of the proposal, and acted upon it; and Moses accordingly appointed the persons selected to be chiefs over thousands, and over hundreds, and over fifties, and ever tens (Exodus 18:21); he appointed men also to be officers, that is, persons who should preserve order in the tribes, keeping the registers, acting as scribes, to prescribe and to take account of work, and perhaps also attending to fiscal arrangements (שֹׁטְרִים, shoterim, a word of general application; cf. Exodus 5:6, 10, 14; Joshua 3:2; 2 Chronicles 26:11, etc. LXX. γραμματεῖς and γραμματο εισαγωγεῖς). In Exodus, Moses is said to have chosen these functionaries (Exodus 18:25); but what many do under the direction of one may be said to be done by him. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And you answeredוַֽתַּעֲנ֖וּ (wat·ta·‘ă·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 6030: To answer, respond me אֹתִ֑י (’ō·ṯî) Direct object marker | first person common singular Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case and said, וַתֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (wat·tō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say “What אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that you propose דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ (dib·bar·tā) Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue to do לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 6213: To do, make is good.” טֽוֹב־ (ṭō·wḇ-) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good Links Deuteronomy 1:14 NIVDeuteronomy 1:14 NLT Deuteronomy 1:14 ESV Deuteronomy 1:14 NASB Deuteronomy 1:14 KJV Deuteronomy 1:14 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 1:14 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 1:14 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 1:14 French Bible Deuteronomy 1:14 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 1:14 You answered me and said The thing (Deut. 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