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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
וייטב בעיני הדבר ואקח מכם שנים עשר אנשים איש אחד לשבט
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vyytb b`yny hdbr vAqKH mkm SHnym `SHr AnSHym AySH AKHd lSHbt

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
cumque mihi sermo placuisset misi e vobis duodecim viros singulos de tribubus suis

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of each tribe:
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
Authorized (King James) Version   
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
New King James Version   
“The plan pleased me well; so I took twelve of your men, one man from each tribe.
21st Century King James Version   
And the saying pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one from a tribe.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
Darby Bible Translation   
And the matter was good in mine eyes; and I took twelve men of you, one man for a tribe.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And because the saying pleased me, I sent of you twelve men, one of every tribe:
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And the thing pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
The thing seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from you, one man from each tribe.
God's Word   
It seemed like a good idea to me. So I chose 12 of your men, one from each tribe.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
The plan seemed good to me, so I selected 12 men from among you, one man for each tribe.
International Standard Version   
Because this suggestion seemed good to me, I chose twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.
NET Bible   
I thought this was a good idea, so I sent twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.
New American Standard Bible   
"The thing pleased me and I took twelve of your men, one man for each tribe.
New International Version   
The idea seemed good to me; so I selected twelve of you, one man from each tribe.
New Living Translation   
"This seemed like a good idea to me, so I chose twelve scouts, one from each of your tribes.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
The World English Bible   
The thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
EasyEnglish Bible   
I thought that this was a good idea. I chose 12 men, one from each of your tribes.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and the thing is good in mine eyes, and I take of you twelve men, one man for a tribe.
New Life Version   
What you said pleased me. I took twelve of your men, one man for each family group.
The Voice Bible   
I agreed this was a good idea, so I chose 12 of you to go, one from each tribe.
Living Bible   
“This seemed like a good idea, so I chose twelve spies, one from each tribe.
New Catholic Bible   
This seemed to be a very good idea to me. I chose twelve of your men, one from each tribe.
Legacy Standard Bible   
And the thing was good in my sight, and I took twelve of your men, one man for each tribe.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And the saying seemed good unto me, and I took twelve men of you, one of each tribe.
Christian Standard Bible   
The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one man for each tribe.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
The thing pleased me well, and I took twelve men of you, one for each tribe.
New Century Version   
I thought that was a good idea, so I chose twelve of your men, one for each tribe.
The Message   
That seemed like a good idea to me, so I picked twelve men, one from each tribe. They set out, climbing through the hills. They came to the Eshcol Valley and looked it over. They took samples of the produce of the land and brought them back to us, saying, “It’s a good land that God, our God, is giving us!”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
The plan seemed good to me, so I selected from you twelve men, one man from each tribe.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
The plan seemed good to me, and I selected twelve of you, one from each tribe.
Good News Translation®   
“That seemed like a good thing to do, so I selected twelve men, one from each tribe.
Wycliffe Bible   
And when the word pleased to me, I sent of you twelve men, of each lineage one. (And I agreed, and I sent out twelve men of you, one from each tribe.)
Contemporary English Version   
It seemed like a good idea, so I chose twelve men, one from each tribe.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
The thing seemed good to me, and I took twelve men of you, one man for each tribe;
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
The plan seemed good to me, and I selected twelve of you, one from each tribe.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
The plan seemed good to me, and I selected twelve of you, one from each tribe.
Common English Bible © 2011   
This idea seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men, one from each tribe.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
The plan pleased me and I took twelve of your men, one man from each tribe.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
The thing seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from you, one man from each tribe.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Agreeing with the proposal, I took twelve men from your number, one from each tribe.
New American Standard Bible   
The plan pleased me, and I took twelve of your men, one man for each tribe.
The Expanded Bible   
·I thought that was a good idea [L The matter was good/right in my eyes], so I ·chose [took] twelve of your men, one for each tribe.
Tree of Life Version   
“The idea seemed good to me, so I took twelve men from among you—one man for each tribe.
Revised Standard Version   
The thing seemed good to me, and I took twelve men of you, one man for each tribe;
New International Reader's Version   
That seemed like a good idea to me. So I chose 12 of you. I picked one man from each tribe.
BRG Bible   
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
Complete Jewish Bible   
The idea seemed good to me, so I took twelve of your men, one from each tribe;
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
The plan seemed good to me, and I selected twelve of you, one from each tribe.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And the proposal pleased me well; and I took Shneym Asar, (Twelve) of you, one of each shevet (tribe);
Names of God Bible   
It seemed like a good idea to me. So I chose 12 of your men, one from each tribe.
Modern English Version   
The thing pleased me, and I took twelve men from you, one out of each tribe.
Easy-to-Read Version   
“I thought that was a good idea. So I chose twelve men from among you, one man from each tribe.
International Children’s Bible   
I thought that was a good idea. So I chose 12 of your men, 1 for each tribe.
Lexham English Bible   
The plan was good in my opinion, and so I took from among you twelve men, one from each tribe.
New International Version - UK   
The idea seemed good to me; so I selected twelve of you, one man from each tribe.