Deuteronomy 33:5

What does Deuteronomy 33:5 mean?

A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 33:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And there was a king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel came together.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And he is in Jeshurun king, In the heads of the people gathering together, The tribes of Israel!

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

He shall be king with the most right, the princes of the people, being assembled with the tribes of Israel.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people And the tribes of Israel were gathered together.

Context

v.4Moses commanded us a law, An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.

v.5This passage

v.6Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Exodus 18:19

    Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God be with thee: be thou for the people to God-ward, and bring thou the causes unto God:

  • Genesis 36:31

    And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.

  • Judges 8:22

    Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also; for thou hast saved us out of the hand of Midian.

  • Judges 9:2

    Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are threescore and ten persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

  • Exodus 18:16

    when they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

  • Numbers 23:21

    He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob; Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: Jehovah his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them.

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