King James Version
Deuteronomy 1:23 in the King James Version says “And the saying pleased me well : and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe :” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the saying pleased me well : and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe :”
Deuteronomy 1:23 · KJV
Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.
And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.
And the saying pleased me well : and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe :
And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“pleased me well”
H3190to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“And the saying”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“men”
H582properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
“of a tribe”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
a scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
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