Deuteronomy 33:5

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people [and] the tribes of Israel were gathered together.

Complete Jewish Bible:

Then a king arose in Yeshurun when the leaders of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Isra'el together.

Berean Standard Bible:

So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.

American Standard Version:

And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

And he was king{H4428} in Jeshurun{H3484}, when the heads{H7218} of the people{H5971} and the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478} were gathered{H622} together{H3162}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Deuteronomy 32:15

  • ¶ But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered [with fatness]; then he forsook God [which] made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

Judges 17:6

  • In those days [there was] no king in Israel, [but] every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes.

Exodus 18:19

  • Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:

Judges 9:2

  • Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether [is] better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, [which are] threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I [am] your bone and your flesh.

Numbers 23:21

  • He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God [is] with him, and the shout of a king [is] among them.

Genesis 36:31

  • ¶ And these [are] the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.

Exodus 18:16

  • When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make [them] know the statutes of God, and his laws.

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Commentary for Deuteronomy 33:5

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H4428
    There are 1922 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מֶלֶךְ
    Transliteration: melek
    Pronunciation: meh'-lek
    Description: from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
  2. Strong's Number: H3484
    There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יְשֻׁרוּן
    Transliteration: Yᵉshurûwn
    Pronunciation: yesh-oo-roon'
    Description: from יָשַׁר; upright; Jeshurun, a symbolic name for Israel; Jeshurun.
  3. Strong's Number: H7218
    There are 548 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רֹאשׁ
    Transliteration: rôʼsh
    Pronunciation: roshe
    Description: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
  4. Strong's Number: H5971
    There are 1654 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עַם
    Transliteration: ʻam
    Pronunciation: am
    Description: from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
  5. Strong's Number: H7626
    There are 178 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שֵׁבֶט
    Transliteration: shêbeṭ
    Pronunciation: shay'-bet
    Description: from an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan; [idiom] correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
  6. Strong's Number: H3478
    There are 2229 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל
    Transliteration: Yisrâʼêl
    Pronunciation: yis-raw-ale'
    Description: from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
  7. Strong's Number: H622
    There are 281 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אָסַף
    Transliteration: ʼâçaph
    Pronunciation: aw-saf'
    Description: a primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.); assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly, withdraw.
  8. Strong's Number: H3162
    There are 139 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יַחַד
    Transliteration: yachad
    Pronunciation: yakh'-ad
    Description: from יָחַד; properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly; alike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-) together, withal.