He set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
Parallel translations
- KJV And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
- BSB He appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah.
- NKJV Then he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
- NASB He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.
- NLT He appointed judges throughout the nation in all the fortified towns,
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- Deut 16:18–20You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
- 1 Pet 2:13–14Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;
- 2 Chr 19:8Moreover in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed Levites and priests, and of the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel, for the judgment of Yahweh, and for controversies. They returned to Jerusalem.
- Rom 13:1–5Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.
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