You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live, and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
Parallel translations
- KJV That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- BSB Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
- NKJV You shall follow what is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
- NASB Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, so that you may live and possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
- NLT Let true justice prevail, so you may live and occupy the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
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- Phil 4:8Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.
- Ezek 18:9has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live,” says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezek 18:5“But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,
- Mic 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
- Deut 25:13–16You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light.
- Deut 4:1Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, gives you.
- Rom 10:5For Moses writes about the righteousness of the law, “The one who does them will live by them.”
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