Deuteronomy 1:14

You answered me, and said, “The thing which you have spoken is good to do.”

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WEBBE

You answered me, and said, “The thing which you have spoken is good to do.”

BSB

And you answered me and said, “What you propose to do is good.”

KJV

And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.

ASV

And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good [for us] to do.

BBE

And you made answer and said to me, It is good for us to do as you say.

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וַתַּעֲנוּ va·ta·'a·nu and you answered H6030 אֹתִי 'o·ti (marks the object) me H853 וַתֹּאמְרוּ va·to·me·ru and you said H559 טוֹב־ tov- [is] good H2896 הַדָּבָר ha·da·var the word H1697 אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- which H834 דִּבַּרְתָּ di·bar·ta you have spoken H1696 לַעֲשׂוֹת la·'a·sot to do H6213

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 9–18

Moses reminds the people of the happy constitution of their government, which might make them all safe and easy, if it was not their own fault. He owns the fulfilment of God's promise to Abraham, and prays for the further accomplishment of it. We are not straitened in the power and goodness of God; why should we be straitened in our own faith and hope? Good laws were given to the Israelites, and good men were to see to the execution of them, which showed God's goodness to them, and the care of Moses.

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Exodus 18:21

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