Psalms 105:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

To give his chiefs teaching at his pleasure, and so that his law-givers might get wisdom from him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 41:33 : 33 And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt.
  • Gen 41:38 : 38 Then Pharaoh said to his servants, Where may we get such a man as this, a man in whom is the spirit of God?
  • Gen 41:44 : 44 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh; and without your order no man may do anything in all the land of Egypt.
  • Isa 19:11 : 11 The chiefs of Zoan are completely foolish; the wisest guides of Pharaoh have become like beasts: how do you say to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the offspring of early kings?

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    8To put their kings in chains, and their rulers in bands of iron;

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    10And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.

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    12And it goes this way and that, round about, turning itself by his guiding, to do whatever he gives orders to be done, on the face of his world of men,

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    45So that they might keep his orders, and be true to his laws. Give praise to the Lord.

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    33And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt.

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    19Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and his servants and his princes and all his people;

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    40You, then, are to be over my house, and all my people will be ruled by your word: only as king will I be greater than you.

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    10So now be wise, you kings: take his teaching, you judges of the earth.

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    26For his God is his teacher, giving him the knowledge of these things.

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    4And I will make children their chiefs, and foolish ones will have rule over them.

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