Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew loving-kindness and mercies one to another,

New American Standard Bible

“Thus has the Lord of hosts said, ‘Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother;

King James Version

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

Holman Bible

“The Lord of Hosts says this: Make fair decisions. Show faithful love and compassion to one another.

International Standard Version

"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Administer true justice, and show gracious love and mercy toward each other.

A Conservative Version

Thus LORD of hosts has spoken, saying, Execute TRUE justice, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.

American Standard Version

Thus hath Jehovah of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother;

Amplified

“Thus has the Lord of hosts said, ‘Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion, to each other;

Bible in Basic English

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your judging be upright and done in good faith, let every man have mercy and pity for his brother:

Julia Smith Translation

Thus said Jehovah of armies, saying. Judge ye the judgment of truth, and do mercy and compassions each to his brother.

King James 2000

Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassion every man to his brother:

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'Judge [with] trustworthy justice, and show steadfast love and compassion {to one another}.

Modern King James verseion

So speaks Jehovah of Hosts, saying, Judge true judgment, and practice kindness and pity, each man to his brother.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, 'Execute true judgment, and show mercy and loving-kindness, every man to his brother.

NET Bible

"The Lord who rules over all said, 'Exercise true judgment and show brotherhood and compassion to each other.

New Heart English Bible

"Thus has the LORD of hosts spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.

The Emphasized Bible

Thus, spake Yahweh of hosts, saying, - With true justice, give ye judgment, and, lovingkindness and compassions, observe ye, one with another;

Webster

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

World English Bible

"Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.

Youngs Literal Translation

'Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: True judgment judge ye, And kindness and mercy do one with another.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the Lord

Usage: 0

of hosts
צבאה צבא 
Tsaba' 
Usage: 483

שׁפט 
Shaphat 
Usage: 203

רחם 
Racham 
Usage: 44

אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Disobedience And Fasting

8 And the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah, saying, 9 Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew loving-kindness and mercies one to another, 10 and oppress not the widow and the fatherless, the stranger and the afflicted; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.



Cross References

Micah 6:8

He hath shewn thee, O man, what is good: and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Jeremiah 21:12

House of David, thus saith Jehovah: Judge with justice in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go forth like fire and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

Ezekiel 45:9

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Let it suffice you, princes of Israel! Put away violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice; take off your exactions from my people, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Matthew 23:23

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and ye have left aside the weightier matters of the law, judgment and mercy and faith: these ye ought to have done and not have left those aside.

Leviticus 19:15

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the lowly, nor honour the person of the great; in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Leviticus 19:35-37

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measure of length, in weight, and in measure of capacity:

Deuteronomy 10:18-19

who executeth the judgment of the fatherless and the widow, and loveth the stranger, to give him food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 15:7-14

If there be amongst you a poor man, any one of thy brethren in one of thy gates, in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy brother in need;

Deuteronomy 16:18-20

Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes, that they may judge the people with just judgment.

Psalm 82:2-4

How long will ye judge unrighteously, and accept the person of the wicked? Selah.

Proverbs 21:3

To exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.

Isaiah 58:6-10

Is not this the fast which I have chosen: to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, and to send forth free the crushed, and that ye break every yoke?

Jeremiah 7:5

But if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if ye really do justice between a man and his neighbour,

Jeremiah 7:23

but I commanded them this thing, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.

Hosea 10:12-13

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

Amos 5:24

but let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.

Zechariah 7:7

Are not these the words that Jehovah cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and at peace, and her cities round about her, when the south and the lowland were inhabited?

Zechariah 8:16-17

These are the things that ye shall do: Speak truth every one with his neighbour; execute truth and the judgment of peace in your gates;

Luke 11:42

But woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye pay tithes of mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the judgment and the love of God: these ye ought to have done, and not have left those aside.

John 7:51

Does our law judge a man before it have first heard from himself, and know what he does?

James 2:13-17

for judgment will be without mercy to him that has shewn no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.

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