Parallel Verses
Amplified
“The Lord was King in Jeshurun (Israel),
When the heads of the people were gathered,
The tribes of Israel together.
New American Standard Bible
When the heads of the people were gathered,
The tribes of Israel together.
King James Version
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
Holman Bible
when the leaders of the people gathered
with the tribes of Israel.
International Standard Version
The LORD was king of Jeshurun when the leaders of the people all the tribes of Israel gathered together."
A Conservative Version
And he was king in Jeshurun when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together.
American Standard Version
And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.
Bible in Basic English
And there was a king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel came together.
Darby Translation
And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people And the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will be king in Jeshurun, in the gathering the heads of the people, he united together the tribes of Israel.
King James 2000
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And [then] a king arose in Jeshurun, at the gathering of the leaders of [the] people, {united were the tribes of Israel}.
Modern King James verseion
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he was in the fullness of the king, and held the rulers of the people together, with the tribes of Israel.
NET Bible
The Lord was king over Jeshurun, when the leaders of the people assembled, the tribes of Israel together.
New Heart English Bible
He was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.
The Emphasized Bible
Thus became he in, Jeshurun, a king, - When the heads of the people gathered them-selves together, As one man, the tribes of Israel. Reuben -
Webster
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were assembled.
World English Bible
He was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.
Youngs Literal Translation
And he is in Jeshurun king, In the heads of the people gathering together, The tribes of Israel!
Interlinear
Ro'sh
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 33:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Historical Review
4
“Moses commanded us with a law,
As a possession for the assembly of Jacob.
“The Lord was King in Jeshurun (Israel),
When the heads of the people were gathered,
The tribes of Israel together.
“May [the tribe of] Reuben live and not die out,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:15
“But Jeshurun (Israel) became fat and kicked [at God].
You became fat, thick, sleek, and obstinate!
Then he abandoned God who had made him,
And scorned the Rock of his salvation.
Genesis 36:31
And these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:
Exodus 18:16
When they have a dispute they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor and I make known the statutes of God and His laws.”
Exodus 18:19
Now listen to
Numbers 16:13-15
Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land [of plenty]
Numbers 23:21
“God has not observed wickedness in Jacob [for he is forgiven],
Nor has He seen trouble in Israel.
The Lord their God is with Israel,
And the shout of their King is among the people.
Judges 8:22
Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule [as king] over us, both you and your son, also your son’s son, for you have rescued us from the hand of Midian.”
Judges 9:2
“Speak now in the hearing of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that seventy men, all of the sons of Jerubbaal rule over you, or that one man rule over you?’ Also, remember that I am your own bone and flesh.”
Judges 17:6
In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.