Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

And he stationed judges in the land, throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city;

New American Standard Bible

He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.

King James Version

And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,

Holman Bible

He appointed judges in all the fortified cities of the land of Judah, city by city.

International Standard Version

and appointing judges throughout the land in all of the walled cities of Judah, city by city. He issued this reminder to the judges:

A Conservative Version

And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

American Standard Version

And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

Amplified

He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

Bible in Basic English

And he put judges through all the land, in every walled town of Judah,

Darby Translation

And he set judges in the land throughout the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.

Julia Smith Translation

And he will set up judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, to city and city;

King James 2000

And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he appointed judges in the land and in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.

Modern King James verseion

And he set judges in the land, in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he set judges in the land, throughout all the strong cities of Judah, city by city,

NET Bible

He appointed judges throughout the land and in each of the fortified cities of Judah.

New Heart English Bible

He set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

Webster

And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

World English Bible

He set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

Youngs Literal Translation

And he establisheth judges in the land, in all the fenced cities of Judah, for every city,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And he set
עמד 
`amad 
Usage: 521

שׁפט 
Shaphat 
Usage: 203

in the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

of Judah
יהוּדה 
Y@huwdah 
Usage: 648

עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

References

Easton

Hastings

Context Readings

Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges

4 So Jehoshaphat dwelt in Jerusalem, - and he again went forth among the people, from Beersheba as far as the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back unto Yahweh, the God of their fathers. 5 And he stationed judges in the land, throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city; 6 and said unto the judges, See what, ye, are doing, inasmuch as, not for man, must ye judge, but for Yahweh, - who will be with you, in the word of justice.



Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:18-20

Judges and officers, shalt thou appoint thee in all thy gates, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, by thy tribes, - and they shall judge the people, with righteous judgment,

2 Chronicles 19:8

And, even in Jerusalem, did Jehoshaphat station some of the Levites and the priests, and of the ancestral chiefs of Israel, to pronounce the just sentence of Yahweh, and to settle disputes, - when they returned to Jerusalem.

Romans 13:1-5

Let, every soul, unto protecting authorities be in subjection; for there is no authority save by God, and, they that are in being, have by God been arranged, -

1 Peter 2:13-14

Submit yourselves unto every human creation, for the Lord's sake, - whether unto a king, as one that protecteth,

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