1 Chronicles 16:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ He suffered no man to do them wrong: Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ He allowed no man to do them wrong; yes, He reproved kings for their sakes, [Gen. 12:17; 20:3; Exod. 7:15-18.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

Common English Bible

²¹ God didn’t let anyone oppress them. God punished kings for their sake:

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ He did not permit anyone to falsely accuse them. Instead, he reproved kings on their behalf:

1 Chronicles 16:21 Cross References

Genesis 20:3

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “You are about to die because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a married woman.”

Genesis 12:17

But the Lord afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

Genesis 31:42

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been on my side, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God saw my affliction and the labor of my hands and rebuked you last night.”

Genesis 31:29

It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Take heed that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.’

Genesis 31:24

But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night and said to him, “Take heed that you say not a word to Jacob, either good or bad.”

1 Chronicles 16:20

wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people,

Zephaniah 2:10

This shall be their lot in return for their pride, because they scoffed and boasted against the people of the Lord of hosts.