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Deuteronomy 16:18

Deuteronomy chapter 16 · verse 18 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, according to thy tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, according to thy tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Context

v.17every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee.

v.18This passage

v.19Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Chronicles 26:29

    Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:4

    Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges;

  • Deuteronomy 17:9

    and thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days: and thou shalt inquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment.

  • Exodus 18:25

    And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

  • Deuteronomy 19:17

    then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days;

  • Psalms 82:2

    How long will ye judge unjustly, And respect the persons of the wicked? [Selah