2 Chronicles 19:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ and said to the judges, “Consider what you are doing, for you judge not on behalf of humans but on the Lord’s behalf; he is with you in giving judgment.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ and said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ And said to the judges, Be careful what you do, for you judge not for man but for the Lord, and He is with you in the matter of judgment.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ and said to the judges, Consider what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for Jehovah; and he is with you in the judgment.

Common English Bible

⁶ instructing them, “Be careful when you pass judgment. You aren’t dispensing justice by merely human standards but for the LORD, who is with you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And instructing the judges, he said: "Pay attention to what you are doing. For you exercise judgment, not of man, but of the Lord. And whatever you will have judged, it will come back to you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ And charging the judges, he said: Take heed what you do: for you exercise not the judgment of man, but of the Lord. And whatsoever you judge, it shall redound to you.

2 Chronicles 19:6 Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:10

Take heed, now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary; be strong, and act.”

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and right, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.

Leviticus 19:15

“You shall not render an unjust judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great: with justice you shall judge your neighbor.

Luke 12:15

And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.”

Luke 21:8

And he said, “Beware that you are not led astray, for many will come in my name and say, ‘I am he!’ and, ‘The time is near!’ Do not go after them.

Acts 22:26

When the centurion heard that, he went to the tribune and said to him, “What are you about to do? This man is a Roman.”

Acts 5:35

Then he said to them, “Fellow Israelites, consider carefully what you propose to do to these men.

Deuteronomy 1:17

You must not be partial in judging: hear out the small and the great alike; you shall not be intimidated by anyone, for the judgment is God’s. Any case that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.’

Joshua 22:5

Take good care to observe the commandment and instruction that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, and to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”