Exodus 18:21
Forsooth purvey thou of all the people wise men, and dreading God, in which is truth, and which hate avarice; and ordain thou of them tribunes or rulers upon thousands, and centurions or rulers upon hundreds, and quinquagenaries or rulers upon fifty, and deans or rulers upon ten,This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- בֶּצַעbetsaʻplunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)
- חָזָהchâzâhto gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have avisi
- יָרֵאyârêʼfearing; morally, reverent
- אֶמֶתʼemethstability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
- שָׂנֵאsânêʼto hate (personally)
- חֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîymfifty
- חַיִלchayilprobably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor
- שַׂרsara head person (of any rank or class)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Act 6:3, 2Ch 19:5–10, Deu 1:13–17, Deu 16:18–19, 2Sa 23:3, 1Sa 8:3, Psa 26:9–10, Job 31:13