Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good.

New American Standard Bible

“Let us choose for ourselves what is right;
Let us know among ourselves what is good.

King James Version

Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.

Holman Bible

Let us judge for ourselves what is right;
let us decide together what is good.

International Standard Version

let's choose what's right for us. Let's consider among ourselves what is good."

A Conservative Version

Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good.

American Standard Version

Let us choose for us that which is right: Let us know among ourselves what is good.

Amplified


“Let us choose for ourselves that which is right;
Let us know among ourselves what is good.

Darby Translation

Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us know among ourselves what is good!

Julia Smith Translation

We will choose to us judgment: we shall know between ourselves what is good.

King James 2000

Let us choose for us justice: let us know among ourselves what is good.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Let us choose justice for ourselves; let us determine among ourselves what [is] good--

Modern King James verseion

Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us know among ourselves what is good.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

As for the judgment, let us seek it out among ourselves, that we may know what is right.

NET Bible

Let us evaluate for ourselves what is right; let us come to know among ourselves what is good.

New Heart English Bible

Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good.

The Emphasized Bible

What is right, let us choose for ourselves, Let us know, among ourselves, what is good;

Webster

Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.

World English Bible

Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good.

Youngs Literal Translation

Judgment let us choose for ourselves, Let us know among ourselves what is good.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Let us choose
בּחר 
Bachar 
Usage: 169

to us judgment
משׁפּט 
Mishpat 
Usage: 421

Context Readings

Elihu Asserts God's Justice

3 For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth. 4 Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good. 5 For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 5:21

Let all things be tested; keep to what is good;

Judges 19:30

And he gave orders to the men whom he sent, saying, This is what you are to say to all the men of Israel, Has ever an act like this been done from the day when the children of Israel came out of Egypt to this day? Give thought to it, turning it over in your minds, and give your opinion of it.

Judges 20:7

Here you all are, you children of Israel; give now your suggestions about what is to be done.

Job 34:36

May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men.

Isaiah 11:2-5

And the spirit of the Lord will be resting on him, the spirit of wisdom and good sense, the spirit of wise guiding and strength, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

John 7:24

Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.

Romans 12:2

And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.

1 Corinthians 6:2-5

Is it not certain that the saints will be the judges of the world? if then the world will be judged by you, are you unable to give a decision about the smallest things?

Galatians 2:11-14

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I made a protest against him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.

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