Jeremiah 22:16 - American Standard Version 2015 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He judged and defended the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not [all] this [what it means] to know and recognize Me? says the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah. Common English Bible He defended the rights of the poor and needy; then it went well. Isn’t that what it means to know me? declares the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version He judged the case of the poor and the indigent for their good. Was this not because he knew me, says the Lord? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He judged the cause of the poor and needy for his own good. Was it not therefore because he knew me, saith the Lord? |
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
For he will stand at the right hand of the needy,\par\tab To save him from them that judge his soul.
Oh continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee,\par\tab And thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee;\par\tab For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously,\par\tab And minister justice to the poor and needy.\par
learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.\par
They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.\par
but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he hath understanding, and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah who exerciseth lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah.\par
And they bend their tongue, {\i as it were} their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.
He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?\par
And these things will they do, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, {\i even} Jesus Christ.
I manifested thy name unto the men whom thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them to me; and they have kept thy word.
They said therefore unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, {\cf6 Ye know neither me, nor my Father: if ye knew me, ye would know my Father also.}
They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.\par
There is none holy as Jehovah; For there is none besides thee, Neither is there any rock like our God.