Exodus 18:21 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 18:21 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְאַתָּ֣ה
ʼattâh
H859
you
תֶחֱזֶ֣ה
châzâh
H2372
to see
מִכָּל
kôl
H3605
all
הָ֠עָם
ʻam
H5971
people
אַנְשֵׁי
ʼîysh
H376
man
חַ֜יִל
chayil
H2428
strength
יִרְאֵ֧י
yârêʼ
H3373
fearing
אֱלֹהִ֛ים
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
אַנְשֵׁ֥י
ʼîysh
H376
man
אֱמֶ֖ת
ʼemeth
H571
faithfulness
שֹׂ֣נְאֵי
sânêʼ
H8130
to hate
בָ֑צַע
betsaʻ
H1215
unjust gain
וְשַׂמְתָּ֣
sûwm
H7760
to put
עֲלֵהֶ֗ם
ʻal
H5921
upon
שָׂרֵ֤י
sar
H8269
prince
אֲלָפִים֙
ʼeleph
H505
thousand
שָׂרֵ֣י
sar
H8269
prince
מֵא֔וֹת
mêʼâh
H3967
hundred
שָׂרֵ֥י
sar
H8269
prince
חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים
chămishshîym
H2572
fifty
וְשָׂרֵ֥י
sar
H8269
prince
עֲשָׂרֹֽת
ʻeser
H6235
ten
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World English Bible Public Domain
Moreover you shall 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.
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King James Version Public Domain
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:
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And you yourself should search out from all of the people men of ability, fearers of God, men of faithfulness, haters of dishonest profit. And you should appoint over them: leaders of thousands, leaders of hundreds, leaders of fifties, and leaders of tens.
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