JER 22:16 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Οὐκ ἔγνωσαν, οὐκ ἔκριναν κρίσιν ταπεινῷ, οὐδὲ κρίσιν πένητος· οὐ τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ μὴ γηῶναί σε ἐμὲ; λέγει Κύριος.
(Ouk egnōsan, ouk ekrinan krisin tapeinōi, oude krisin penaʸtos; ou touto esti to maʸ gaʸōnai se eme; legei Kurios. )

BrTr They understood not, they judged not the cause of the afflicted, nor the cause of the poor: is not this thy not knowing me? saith the Lord.

ULT He judged in favor of the poor and needy. It was good then. Is this not what it means to know me?—this is Yahweh’s declaration.

UST Josiah acted justly and helped poor and needy people,
⇔ so things went well for him.
⇔ Yahweh says, “That is the way a person should behave who knows me.

BSB He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well [with him]. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.
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OEB And he cared for the cause of the poor and the needy.
⇔ Is not that true knowledge of Me, saith Jehovah?

WEBBE He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
⇔ so then it was well.
⇔ Wasn’t this to know me?”
⇔ says the LORD.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET He upheld the cause of the poor and needy.
⇔ So things went well for Judah.’
⇔ The Lord says,
⇔ ‘That is a good example of what it means to know me.’

LSV He decided the cause of the poor and needy,
Then [it is] well—is it not to know Me?” A declaration of YHWH.

FBV He defended the poor and those in need, and so things went well. Isn't this what knowing me really means? declares the Lord.

T4T Josiah acted justly/fairly and helped poor and needy people,
⇔ so things went well for him.
⇔ Yahweh says, “That is [RHQ] the way a person should behave who knows me.

LEB No LEB JER book available

BBE He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.

Moff No Moff JER book available

JPS He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know Me? saith the LORD.

ASV He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.

DRA He judged the cause of the poor and needy for his own good: was it not therefore because he knew me, saith the Lord?

YLT He decided the cause of the poor and needy, Then [it is] well — is it not to know Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.

Drby He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.

RV He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
(He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith/says the LORD. )

SLT He judged the judgment of the poor and the needy; then it was well: was this not knowing me? says Jehovah.

Wbstr He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him : was not this to know me? saith the LORD.

KJB-1769 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
(He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith/says the LORD. )

KJB-1611 He iudged the cause of the poore and needy, then it was well with him: was not this to know me, saith the LORD?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps JER book available

Gnva When he iudged the cause of the afflicted and the poore, he prospered: was not this because he knewe me, saith the Lord?
(When he judged the cause of the afflicted and the poor, he prospered: was not this because he knew me, saith/says the Lord? )

Cvdl No Cvdl JER book available

Wycl No Wycl JER book available

Luth No Luth JER book available

ClVg Judicavit causam pauperis et egeni in bonum suum: numquid non ideo quia cognovit me? dicit Dominus.
(Yudicavit cause to_the_poors and egeni in/into/on good his_own: is_it not/no therefore/for_that_reason because he_knew me? he_says Master. )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT JER book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) It was good then

(Some words not found in UHB: Dān cause_of poor and,needy then good am=not she/it the=knowledge DOM=me declares_of YHWH )

Alternate translation: “Things went well for him”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Is this not what it means to know me?

(Some words not found in UHB: Dān cause_of poor and,needy then good am=not she/it the=knowledge DOM=me declares_of YHWH )

Yahweh asks this rhetorical question to rebuke Jehoiakim for not following the example of his father, King Josiah. Alternate translation: “This is what it means to know me.”

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