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Exodus 18:21

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

KJV

Provide autem de omni plebe viros potentes, et timentes Deum, in quibus sit veritas, et qui oderint avaritiam, et constitue ex eis tribunos, et centuriones, et quinquagenarios, et decanos,

Vulgate

καὶ σὺ σεαυτῷ σκέψαι ἀπὸ παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ ἄνδρας δυνατούς, θεοσεβεῖς, ἄνδρας δικαίους, μισοῦντας ὑπερηφανίαν, καὶ καταστήσεις ἐπ’ αὐτῶν χιλιάρχους καὶ ἑκατοντάρχους καὶ πεντηκοντάρχους καὶ δεκαδάρχους,

LXX

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

ASV

וְ/אַתָּ֣ה תֶחֱזֶ֣ה מִ/כָּל הָ֠/עָם אַנְשֵׁי חַ֜יִל יִרְאֵ֧י אֱלֹהִ֛ים אַנְשֵׁ֥י אֱמֶ֖ת שֹׂ֣נְאֵי בָ֑צַע וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֣ עֲלֵ/הֶ֗ם שָׂרֵ֤י אֲלָפִים֙ שָׂרֵ֣י מֵא֔וֹת שָׂרֵ֥י חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים וְ/שָׂרֵ֥י עֲשָׂרֹֽת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱמֶֽת
'mt
noun · 127×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶ֖לֶף
'lp
adjective · 500×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
בָּ֑צַע
bts'
noun · 23×
ו
v
verb · 53×
וֹ
v
noun · 232×
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים
chmshym
adjective · 163×
חָזָ֔ה
chzh
verb · 50×
י
y
noun · 1849×
י
y
verb · 148×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מֵא֖וֹת
m'vt
adjective · 581×
עֶ֣שֶׂר
'shr
adjective · 174×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שָׂרֵ֣י
shry
noun · 420×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 4:2 — And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
  • 1Sam 8:3 — And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
  • 1Sam 8:3 — And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
  • 1Tim 3:3 — Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
  • 2Chr 19:5 — And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
  • 2Chr 19:7 — Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
  • 2Pet 2:14 — Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
  • 2Sam 23:3 — The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
  • 2Sam 23:3 — The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
  • Acts 6:3 — Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
  • Dan 6:1 — It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
  • Deut 1:13 — Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
  • Deut 1:13 — Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
  • Deut 16:18 — Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
  • Eccl 12:13 — Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
  • Exod 18:25 — And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
  • Exod 18:25 — And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
  • Exod 22:9 — For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the
  • Exod 23:2 — Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
  • Ezek 18:8 — He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
  • Ezek 22:12 — In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
  • Gen 22:12 — And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
  • Gen 47:6 — The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make the
  • Isa 3:3 — The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
  • Isa 59:14 — And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
  • Jer 5:1 — Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth;
  • Job 1:1 — There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
  • Job 29:16 — I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
  • Job 31:13 — If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
  • Judg 6:15 — And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.
  • Lev 19:15 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
  • Luke 18:2 — Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
  • Mal 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his
  • Mic 5:2 — But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, f
  • Neh 5:9 — Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
  • Neh 7:2 — That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
  • Num 1:16 — These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
  • Num 10:4 — And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
  • Num 25:5 — And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.
  • Prov 15:27 — He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.