American Standard Version
"And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. "
— Deuteronomy 1:14, American Standard Version
“And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.”
“You answered me, and said, "The thing which you have spoken is good [for us] to do."”
“You replied to me that what I had said to you was good.”
“Then you answered me: The thing is good which thou meanest to do.”
“And you made answer and said to me, It is good for us to do as you say.”
“And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.”
Jehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.
And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.
And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him.
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.