And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe: Context Twelve Spies Sent Out
19And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which you saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea. 20And I said to you, You are come to the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God does give to us. 21Behold, the LORD your God has set the land before you: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of your fathers has said to you; fear not, neither be discouraged. 22And you came near to 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. 23And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe: 24And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came to the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. 25And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down to us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God does give us. Parallel Verses American Standard Version And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
Douay-Rheims Bible And because the saying pleased me, I sent of you twelve men, one of every tribe:
Darby Bible Translation And the matter was good in mine eyes; and I took twelve men of you, one man for a tribe.
King James Bible And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
Young's Literal Translation and the thing is good in mine eyes, and I take of you twelve men, one man for a tribe.
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