DEUTERONOMY 1:17

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.”

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Deuteronomy 1:17 Translation & Meaning

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Ye shall not לֹֽא Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
respect תַכִּ֨ירוּ Properly, to scrutinize, i.e., look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (with suspicion implied), to disregard, ignore, be strange toward, reject, resign, dissimulate (as if ignorant or disowning) respect
persons פָנִ֜ים The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) persons
in judgment; בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֗ט Properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style judgment
but (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
ye shall hear תִּשְׁמָע֔וּן To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) hear
the small כַּקָּטֹ֤ן Abbreviated, i.e., diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance) small
as well as the great; כַּגָּדֹל֙ Great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent well great
ye shall not לֹ֤א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
be afraid תָג֙וּרוּ֙ Properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e., sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather for hostility (as afraid) afraid
of the face מִפְּנֵי The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) face
of man; אִ֔ישׁ A 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) man
for כִּ֥י (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed for
the judgment הַמִּשְׁפָּ֖ט Properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style judgment
is (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
God's: לֵֽאלֹהִ֣ים Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative Gods
and the cause וְהַדָּבָר֙ A word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause cause
that אֲשֶׁ֣ר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc that
is too hard יִקְשֶׁ֣ה Properly, to be dense, i.e., tough or severe (in various applications) too hard
for מִכֶּ֔ם Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses for
you, bring תַּקְרִב֥וּן To approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose bring
it (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
unto אֵלַ֖י Near, with or among; often in general, to unto
me, and I will hear וּשְׁמַעְתִּֽיו׃ To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) hear
it. וּשְׁמַעְתִּֽיו׃ To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) it

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  • 15  So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.

  • 16  And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

  • 17  Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

  • 18  And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.

  • 19  And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.




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