Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And he set judges in the land, in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.
New American Standard Bible
He appointed
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 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,
The Emphasized Bible
And he stationed 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,
Themes
Court » Superior, and inferior
Courts of justice » Inferior » In all cities
Courts of justice » Inferior » Re-established by jehoshaphat
Israel » Judges of » General references to
Jehoshaphat » King of judah » His wise reign
Interlinear
`amad
Shaphat
Batsar
References
Easton
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 19:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges
4 And Jehoshaphat lived at Jerusalem. And he went out again among the people from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back to Jehovah, the God of their fathers. 5 And he set judges in the land, in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city. 6 And he said to the judges, Take heed what you do. For you do not judge for man, but for Jehovah, who is with you in the judgment.
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 16:18-20
You shall appoint judges and officers for yourself in all your gates which Jehovah your God gives you, tribe by tribe. And they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
2 Chronicles 19:8
And Jehoshaphat set some of the Levites and of the priests and of the chief of the fathers of Israel in Jerusalem for the judgment of Jehovah, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
Romans 13:1-5
Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority but of God; the authorities that exist are ordained by God.
1 Peter 2:13-14
Then be in obedience to every ordinance of men, because of the Lord, whether to a king as supreme,