American King James Version
"He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? says the LORD. "
— Jeremiah 22:16, American King James Version
“He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.”
“He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah. ”
“He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Wasn't this to know me? says Yahweh.”
“He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.’ The LORD says,‘That is a good example of what it means to know me.’”
“He judged the cause of the poor and needy for his own good: was it not therefore because he knew me, saith the Lord?”
“He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.”
“He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.”
Woe to him that builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and gives him not for his work;
That says, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cuts him out windows; and it is paneled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
Shall you reign, because you close yourself in cedar? did not your father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? says the LORD.
But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. ¶