2 Samuel 23:3 - The Scriptures 2009

³ “The Elohim of Yisra’ĕl said, The Rock of Yisra’ĕl spoke to me, ‘One who rules over man righteously,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, Ruling in the fear of God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ The God of Israel spoke, the Rock of Israel said to me, When one rules over men righteously, ruling in the fear of God,

American Standard Version (1901)

³ The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me: One that ruleth over men righteously, That ruleth in the fear of God,

Common English Bible

³ Israel’s God has spoken, Israel’s rock said to me: “Whoever rules rightly over people, whoever rules in the fear of God,

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ The God of Israel spoke to me, the Strong One of Israel spoke, the Ruler of men, the Just Ruler, in the fear of God,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ The God of Israel said to me, the strong one of Israel spoke, the ruler of men, the just ruler in the fear of God.

2 Samuel 23:3 Cross References

Genesis 33:20

And he set up a slaughter-place there and called it Ěl Elohĕ Yisra’ĕl.

2 Samuel 22:32

“For who is Ěl, besides יהוה? And who is a rock, besides our Elohim?

2 Samuel 8:15

And Dawiḏ reigned over all Yisra’ĕl, and Dawiḏ was doing right-ruling and righteousness to all his people.

1 Kings 10:9

“Blessed be יהוה your Elohim, who delighted in you, to put you on the throne of Yisra’ĕl! Because יהוה has loved Yisra’ĕl forever, therefore He made you sovereign, to do right-ruling and righteousness.”

Nehemiah 5:14

Also, from the day I was commanded to be their governor in the land of Yehuḏah, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of Sovereign Artaḥshashta, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the governor’s food.

Job 34:17

Should the one who hates right-ruling govern? Or would you declare a most righteous one wrong?

Psalm 110:2

יהוה sends Your mighty sceptre out of Tsiyon. Rule in the midst of Your enemies!

Psalm 42:9

I say to Ěl my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

Psalm 72:1

O Elohim, give the sovereign Your right-rulings, And Your righteousness to the Son of a sovereign.

Psalm 72:2

Let Him rule Your people with righteousness, And Your poor with right-ruling.

Exodus 18:21

But you yourself, seek out from all the people able men, who fear Elohim, men of truth, hating unfair gain. And place these over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Exodus 20:2

“I am יהוה your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, out of the house of slavery.

Exodus 3:15

And Elohim said further to Mosheh, “Thus you are to say to the children of Yisra’ĕl, ‘יהוה Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim of Aḇraham, the Elohim of Yitsḥaq, and the Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ, has sent me to you. This is My Name forever, and this is My remembrance to all generations.’

Proverbs 31:9

Open your mouth, judge righteously, And plead the cause of the poor and needy.

Isaiah 32:1

See, a sovereign shall reign in righteousness, and rulers rule in right-ruling.

Jeremiah 23:5

“See, the days are coming,” declares יהוה, “when I shall raise for Dawiḏ a Branch of righteousness, and a Sovereign shall reign and act wisely, and shall do right-ruling and righteousness in the earth.

Zechariah 9:9

“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Tsiyon! Shout, O daughter of Yerushalayim! See, your Sovereign is coming to you, He is righteous and endowed with deliverance, humble and riding on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Deuteronomy 32:4

“The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are right-ruling, An Ěl of truth and without unrighteousness, Righteous and straight is He.

Hebrews 1:8

But to the Son He says, “Your throne, O Elohim, is forever and ever, a sceptre of straightness is the sceptre of Your reign.