Mosiah 29:11
~92 BC
1830 Edition
Therefore I will be your king the remainder of my days; nevertheless, let us appoint judges, to judge this people according to our law, and we will newly arrange the affairs of this people; for we will appoint wise men to be judges, that will judge this people according to the commandments of God.
Influences
2 Timothy 2:4 (KJV)
No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
Changes
Therefore I will be your king the remainder of my days; nevertheless, let us appoint judges, to judge this people according to our law,; and we will newly arrange the affairs of this people;, for we will appoint wise men to be judges, that will judge this people according to the commandments of God.
Simple English
I will be your king for the rest of my days. But let us pick judges to judge the people according to our law. We will organize the people in a new way. We will pick wise men to be judges. They will judge the people according to God’s commandments.
Paraphrase
I'll be your king for the rest of my life. But after that, we need to set up judges to make decisions based on our law. We'll reorganize how things work. We'll choose wise people to judge fairly according to God's commands.