Deuteronomy 18:17
15 The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
16 This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, so that we will not die!”
Then the LORD said to me, “They have spoken well.
18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
19 And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then the LORD said to me, “They have spoken well.
- KJV
- And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
- WEB
- The LORD said to me, “They have well said that which they have spoken.
- ASV
- And Jehovah said unto me, They have well said that which they have spoken.
- DARBY
- And Jehovah said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
- BLB
- And YHWH said to me, “What they have spoken is good.
- ÅB
- Da sa Herren til meg: De har talt vel i det de har sagt.
- OTB
- Herren sa til meg: "Deres ord er gode.
- B1930
- Da sa Herren til mig: De har talt vel i det de har sagt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 5:28
And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.
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