Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Justice, justice shalt thou follow, so that thou live and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee.
New American Standard Bible
Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, that
King James Version
That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Holman Bible
Pursue justice and justice alone, so that you will live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.
International Standard Version
You are to pursue justice and only justice so you may live and possess the land that the LORD your God is about to give you."
A Conservative Version
Thou shall follow that which is altogether just, that thou may live, and inherit the land which LORD thy God gives thee.
American Standard Version
That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Amplified
You shall pursue justice, and only justice [that which is uncompromisingly righteous], so that you may live and take possession of the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
Bible in Basic English
Let righteousness be your guide, so that you may have life, and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
Darby Translation
Perfect justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and possess the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
King James 2000
That which is altogether just shall you follow, that you may live, and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{Justice, only justice} you shall pursue, so that you may live, and you shall take possession of the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you.
Modern King James verseion
You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which Jehovah your God gives you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But in all things follow righteousness, that thou mayest live and enjoy the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
NET Bible
You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the Lord your God is giving you.
New Heart English Bible
You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live, and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you.
The Emphasized Bible
What is right, what is right, shalt thou pursue, - that thou mayest live and possess the land, which, Yahweh thy God, is giving unto thee.
Webster
That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
World English Bible
You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live, and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
Youngs Literal Translation
Righteousness -- righteousness thou dost pursue, so that thou livest, and hast possessed the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 16:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Appointing Judges And Officials
19 Thou shalt not turn away Judgment; thou shalt not look upon and thou shalt not take a gift, for the gift will blind the eyes of the wise and will pervert the words of the just. 20 Justice, justice shalt thou follow, so that thou live and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee. 21 Thou shalt not plant to thee a grove of any wood near the altar of Jehovah thy God which thou shalt make to thee.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:1
And now Israel, hear to the laws and to the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that ye shall live and go in and possess the land which Jehovah the God of your fathers gave to you.
Deuteronomy 25:13-16
There shall not be to thee in thy receptacle a stone and a stone, great and small.
Ezekiel 18:5
And if a man shall be just and do judgment and justice,
Ezekiel 18:9
In my laws he shall go and he watched my judgments to do the truth; he is just; living, he shall live, says the Lord Jehovah.
Micah 6:8
He announced to thee, O man, what was good; and what did Jehovah require of thee but to do judgment and to love mercy, and being humbled, to go with thy God?
Romans 10:5
For Moses writes the justice of the law, That the man having done these things shall live in them.
Philippians 4:8
As to the rest, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever venerable, whatever just, whatever pure, whatever lovely, whatever prosperous; if any ability, and if any praise, reckon up these things.