Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“The God of Israel said,
The Rock of Israel spoke to me,
He who rules over men righteously,
Who rules in the fear of God,

King James Version

The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

Holman Bible

The God of Israel spoke;
the Rock of Israel said to me,
“The one who rules the people with justice,
who rules in the fear of God,

International Standard Version

The God of Israel has spoken; the Rock of Israel has talked to me. "When one is governing men justly, he fears God while governing.

A Conservative Version

The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me. He who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,

American Standard Version

The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me: One that ruleth over men righteously, That ruleth in the fear of God,

Amplified


“The God of Israel,
The Rock of Israel spoke to me,
‘He who rules over men righteously,
Who rules in the fear of God,

Bible in Basic English

The God of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is ruling over men, when he is ruling in the fear of God,

Darby Translation

The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me, The ruler among men shall be just, Ruling in the fear of God;

Julia Smith Translation

The God of Israel said to me, the Rock of Israel spake a parable upon the just man: a parable to fear God.

King James 2000

The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, He that rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The God of Israel said to me, the rock of Israel has spoken; 'He who rules over mankind rules righteously, in the fear of God.

Modern King James verseion

The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me: he who rules over men justly, ruling in the fear of God,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The God of Israel spake unto me, and the strength of Israel said, 'He that beareth rule over men, he that ruleth justly in the fear of God,

NET Bible

The God of Israel spoke, the protector of Israel spoke to me. The one who rules fairly among men, the one who rules in the fear of God,

New Heart English Bible

The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, 'One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,

The Emphasized Bible

Said the God of Israel, Unto me, spake the Rock of Israel: - One Ruling over Men, A Righteous One, ruling in the reverence of God,

Webster

The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

World English Bible

The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, 'One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,

Youngs Literal Translation

He said -- the God of Israel -- to me, He spake -- the Rock of Israel: He who is ruling over man is righteous, He is ruling in the fear of God.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

of Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505
Usage: 2505

the Rock
צר צוּר 
Tsuwr 
Usage: 76

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

to me, He that ruleth
משׁל 
Mashal 
Usage: 81

אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

must be just
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

משׁל 
Mashal 
Usage: 81

in the fear
יראה 
Yir'ah 
Usage: 45

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

David Extols Yahweh

2 (The Spirit of the LORD has spoken by me, and his word has been in my tongue. 3 “The God of Israel said,
The Rock of Israel spoke to me,
He who rules over men righteously,
Who rules in the fear of God,
4 And as the light of the morning when the sun rises, of a morning shining forth without clouds, as the shining forth through light rain upon the tender grass of the earth:

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:32

For what God is there except the LORD? Or who is a Strong One, except our God?

Exodus 18:21

Moreover thou shalt consider out of all the people men of virtue, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness, and place princes over them, of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Deuteronomy 32:4

The strong One, whose work is perfect: for all his ways are right; a God of truth and without iniquity, just and upright is he.

Genesis 33:20

And there he erected an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel (the Strong God of Israel).

Exodus 3:15

And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the sons of Israel: The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me unto you. This is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all ages.

Exodus 19:5-6

Now therefore, if ye will give ear to hearken unto my voice and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a special treasure unto me above all peoples; for all the earth is mine.

Exodus 20:2

I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery.

Exodus 23:6-8

Thou shalt not pervert the rights of thy poor in his cause.

Deuteronomy 16:18-20

Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all the gates of thy cities, which the LORD thy God shall give thee throughout thy tribes, and they shall judge the people with just (and righteous) judgment.

Deuteronomy 32:30-31

How could one chase a thousand and two put ten thousands to flight if their strong One had not sold them, and the LORD had not delivered them up?

2 Samuel 22:2-3

And he said, The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.

2 Chronicles 19:7-9

Therefore, now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it, for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.

Nehemiah 5:14

Moreover, from the day that I was appointed by the king to be their captain in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes, the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the captain.

Psalm 42:9

I will say unto God, My rock, why hast thou forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Psalm 72:2

He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgment.

Psalm 82:3-4

Do right concerning the poor and fatherless; do justice to the poor and destitute.

Psalm 110:2

The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion; rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

Proverbs 31:9

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and destitute.

Isaiah 11:1-5

And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

Isaiah 32:1

Behold, one king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall preside unto judgment.

Jeremiah 23:5

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper and shall execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout with joy, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy King shall come unto thee: just, and a saviour; humble, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.

Hebrews 1:8

But unto the Son he said, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a rod of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

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