I said, “Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn’t it for you to know justice?
Parallel translations
- KJV And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
- BSB Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
- NKJV And I said: “Hear now, O heads of Jacob, And you rulers of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know justice?
- NASB And I said, “Hear now, you leaders of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know justice?
- NLT I said, “Listen, you leaders of Israel! You are supposed to know right from wrong,
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Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 5:4–5Then I said, “Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they don’t know the way of Yahweh, nor the law of their God.
- Ps 82:1–5A Psalm by Asaph. God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.
- Isa 1:10Hear Yahweh’s word, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
- Hos 5:1“Listen to this, you priests! Listen, house of Israel, and give ear, house of the king! For the judgment is against you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.
- Amos 4:1Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husbands, “Bring us drinks!”
- Mic 3:9–10Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity.
- Jer 22:2–3‘Hear Yahweh’s word, king of Judah, who sits on David’s throne, you, and your servants, and your people who enter in by these gates.
- Ps 14:4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don’t call on Yahweh?
- 1 Cor 6:5I say this to move you to shame. Isn’t there even one wise man among you who would be able to decide between his brothers?
- Deut 16:18You 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.
- Deut 1:13–17Take wise men of understanding and well known according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”
- 2 Chr 19:5–10He set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
- Jer 13:15–18Hear, and give ear. Don’t be proud; for Yahweh has spoken.
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