When I choose the appointed time, I will judge blamelessly.
Parallel translations
- KJV When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
- BSB “When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.
- NKJV “When I choose the proper time, I will judge uprightly.
- NASB “When I select an appointed time, It is I who judge fairly.
- NLT God says, “At the time I have planned, I will bring justice against the wicked.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Eccl 3:17I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.”
- Acts 17:31because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”
- Acts 1:7He said to them, “It isn’t for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within his own authority.
- John 7:6Jesus therefore said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.
- Ps 102:13You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.
- 2 Sam 8:15David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness for all his people.
- 2 Sam 2:4The men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, “The men of Jabesh Gilead were those who buried Saul.”
- 2 Sam 23:3–4The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, ‘One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,
- Ps 101:2I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
- 2 Sam 5:3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron, and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh; and they anointed David king over Israel.
- Ps 78:70–72He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;
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