Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Did not your father eat and drink
And
Then it was
King James Version
Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
Holman Bible
Didn’t your father eat and drink
and administer justice and righteousness?
Then it went well with him.
International Standard Version
Are you a king because you try to outdo everyone with cedar? Your father ate and drank and upheld justice and righteousness, did he not? And then it went well for him.
A Conservative Version
Shall thou reign, because thou strive to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.
American Standard Version
Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.
Amplified
“Do you think that you become a king because you have much more cedar [in your palace than Solomon]?
Did not your father [Josiah], as he ate and drank,
Do just and righteous acts [being upright and in right standing with God]?
Then all was well with him.
Bible in Basic English
Are you to be a king because you make more use of cedar than your father? did not your father take food and drink and do right, judging in righteousness, and then it was well for him?
Darby Translation
Shalt thou reign, because thou viest with the cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice? Then it was well with him.
Julia Smith Translation
Shalt thou reign, for thou art kindled with cedar? did not thy father eat and drink and do judgment and justice, then it was well to him?
King James 2000
Shall you reign, because you enclose yourself in cedar? did not your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness, and then it was well with him?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do you reign as king because you [are] competing in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, and he did justice and righteousness, then it was well with him?
Modern King James verseion
Do you reign, because you lust to excel in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thinkest thou to reign, now that thou provokest me to wrath with thy Cedar trees? Did not thy father eat and drink, and prosper well, as long as he dealt with equity and righteousness?
NET Bible
Does it make you any more of a king that you outstrip everyone else in building with cedar? Just think about your father. He was content that he had food and drink. He did what was just and right. So things went well with him.
New Heart English Bible
Shall you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.
The Emphasized Bible
Shalt thou reign, because, thou, art eager to excel in cedar? Thy father, did lie not eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness, And, then, it was well with him?
Webster
Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
World English Bible
Shall you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn't your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.
Youngs Literal Translation
Dost thou reign, because thou art fretting thyself in cedar? Thy father -- did he not eat and drink? Yea, he did judgment and righteousness, Then it is well with him.
Themes
Godliness » Profitable, general references to
Jehoiakim » Wicked reign and final overthrow of
Justice » Exemplified » Josiah
Justice » Brings its own reward
Profit and loss » Profit » Godliness profitable general references to
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 22:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Jehoiakim
14
With spacious
And cut out its windows,
Did not your father eat and drink
And
Then it was
Then it was well.
Declares the Lord.
Phrases
Cross References
2 Kings 23:25
Before him there was no king
Isaiah 3:10
For they will eat the fruit of their actions.
Jeremiah 21:12
O
“
And deliver the person who has been robbed from the
And
Because of the evil of their deeds.
Jeremiah 42:6
Whether it is
Deuteronomy 4:40
2 Samuel 8:15
So David reigned over all Israel; and David
1 Kings 4:20-23
1 Kings 10:9
2 Kings 22:2
He did right in the sight of the Lord and walked in all the way of his father David, nor did he
1 Chronicles 3:15
The sons of Josiah were Johanan the firstborn, and the second was Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
2 Chronicles 34:2
2 Chronicles 35:7-8
Josiah contributed to the lay people, to all who were present, flocks of lambs and young goats, all for the Passover offerings, numbering 30,000 plus 3,000 bulls; these were from the king’s possessions.
2 Chronicles 35:12-18
Then they removed the burnt offerings that they might give them to the sections of the fathers’ households of the lay people to present to the Lord, as it is written in the book of Moses. They did this also with the bulls.
Psalm 128:1-2
A Song of Ascents.
Who
Proverbs 20:28
And he upholds his throne by
Proverbs 21:3
Is desired by the Lord more than sacrifice.
Proverbs 25:5
And his
Proverbs 29:4
But a man who takes bribes overthrows it.
Proverbs 31:9
And
Ecclesiastes 2:24
There is
Ecclesiastes 9:7-10
Go then,
Ecclesiastes 10:17
Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time—for strength and not for
Isaiah 9:7
On the
To establish it and to uphold it with
From then on and forevermore.
Isaiah 33:16
His water will be sure.
Jeremiah 22:3
Thus says the Lord, “
Jeremiah 22:18
Therefore thus says the Lord in regard to
“They will not
‘
They will not lament for him:
‘Alas for the master!’ or, ‘Alas for his splendor!’
Jeremiah 23:5
“When I will raise up for David a righteous
And He will
And
Luke 11:41
Acts 2:46
1 Corinthians 10:31
Whether, then, you eat or drink or