2 Chronicles 6:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²³ may you hear in heaven and act. May you judge your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing what he has done on his own head and providing justice for the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ Then hear from heaven and do; and judge Your servants, requiting the wicked by bringing his conduct upon his own head, and justifying the [uncompromisingly] righteous by giving him according to his righteousness (his uprightness and right standing with God).

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

Common English Bible

²³ then listen from heaven, act, and decide which of your servants is right. Condemn the guilty party, repaying them for their conduct, but justify the innocent person, repaying them for their righteousness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ you will hear him from heaven, and you will execute justice for your servants, so that you return, to the iniquitous man, his own way upon his own head, and so that you vindicate the just man, repaying him according to his own justice.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ Then hear thou from heaven, and do justice to thy servants, so as to requite the wicked by making his wickedness fall upon his own head, and to revenge the just, rewarding him according to his justice.

2 Chronicles 6:23 Tagairtí Cros

2 Kings 9:26

“As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday” #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #“so will I repay you on this plot of land” #– #this is the Lord’s declaration. So now, according to the word of the Lord, pick him up and throw him on the plot of land.’

2 Chronicles 6:22

If a man sins against his neighbour and is forced to take an oath and he comes to take an oath before your altar in this temple,

Proverbs 1:31

they will eat the fruit of their way and be glutted with their own schemes.

Proverbs 17:15

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the just   – both are detestable to the  Lord.

Jeremiah 51:56

for a destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, their bows shattered, for the Lord is a God of retribution; he will certainly repay.

Ezekiel 18:20

The person who sins is the one who will die.  A son won’t suffer punishment for the father’s iniquity, and a father won’t suffer punishment for the son’s iniquity.  The righteousness of the righteous person will be on him,  and the wickedness of the wicked person will be on him.

Numbers 5:27

‘When he makes her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her to cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, and her womb will shrivel. She will become a curse among her people.

Romans 2:8

but wrath and anger to those who are self-seeking  and disobey the truth  while obeying unrighteousness.

Deuteronomy 25:1

‘If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court, and the judges will hear their case. They will clear the innocent and condemn the guilty.