Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

And he set 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:

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,

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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
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 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem. And he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill-country of Ephraim, and brought them back to LORD, the God of their fathers. 5 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, 6 and said to the judges, Consider what ye do. For ye judge not for man, but for LORD, and [he is] with you in the judgment.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:18-20

Thou shall make judges and officers for thee in all thy gates, which LORD thy God gives thee, according to thy tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

2 Chronicles 19:8

Moreover in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat set from the Levites and the priests, and from the heads of the fathers of Israel for the judgment of LORD, and for controversies. And they returned to Jerusalem.

Romans 13:1-5

Let every soul be subject to offices of authority that rank higher, for there is no office of authority if not by God, and the offices of authority that are by God, are those that have been instituted.

1 Peter 2:13-14

Therefore because of the Lord, ye should submit to every human establishment, whether to a king as being supreme,

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