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Bible in Basic English

And I said, Give ear, now, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the people of Israel: is it not for you to have knowledge of what is right?

New American Standard Bible

And I said,
Hear now, heads of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel.
Is it not for you to know justice?

King James Version

And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?

Holman Bible

Then I said, “Now listen, leaders of Jacob,
you rulers of the house of Israel.
Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?

International Standard Version

"He will say, "Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you officials of the house of Israel! You should know justice, should you not?

A Conservative Version

And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know justice?

American Standard Version

And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not for you to know justice?

Amplified

And I said,

“Hear now, heads of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel.
Is it not for you to know and administer justice?

Darby Translation

And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know judgment?

Julia Smith Translation

And saying, Hear now, ye heads of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know judgment?

King James 2000

And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and you rulers of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?

Lexham Expanded Bible

And I said, "Listen, O heads of Jacob and leaders of the house of Israel! [Is it] not for you to know justice?

Modern King James verseion

And I said, Please hear, O heads of Jacob and magistrates of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know justice?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Hear, O ye heads of the house of Jacob, and ye leaders of the house of Israel: Should not ye know, what were lawful and right?

NET Bible

I said, "Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You ought to know what is just,

New Heart English Bible

I said, "Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn't it for you to know justice?

The Emphasized Bible

Then said I, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel, - Is it not yours to know justice?

Webster

And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know judgment?

World English Bible

I said, "Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn't it for you to know justice?

Youngs Literal Translation

And I say, 'Hear, I pray you, heads of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Is it not for you to know the judgment?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I pray you, O heads
ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

of Jacob
יעקב 
Ya`aqob 
Usage: 349

and ye princes
קצין 
Qatsiyn 
Usage: 12

of the house
בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

of Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

Israel's Leaders Denounced

1 And I said, Give ear, now, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the people of Israel: is it not for you to have knowledge of what is right? 2 You who are haters of good and lovers of evil, pulling off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones;

Cross References

Psalm 82:1-5

God is in the meeting-place of God; he is judging among the gods.

Isaiah 1:10

Give ear to the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; let your hearts be turned to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.

Deuteronomy 1:13-17

Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

Deuteronomy 16:18

You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.

2 Chronicles 19:5-10

And he put judges through all the land, in every walled town of Judah,

Psalm 14:4

Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.

Jeremiah 5:4-5

Then I said, But these are the poor: they are foolish, for they have no knowledge of the way of the Lord or of the behaviour desired by their God.

Jeremiah 13:15-18

Give ear and let your ears be open; be not lifted up: for these are the words of the Lord.

Jeremiah 22:2-3

And say, Give ear to the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, seated on the seat of David, you and your servants and your people who come in by these doors.

Hosea 5:1

Give ear to this, O priests; give attention, O Israel, and you, family of the king; for you are to be judged; you have been a deceit at Mizpah and a net stretched out on Tabor.

Amos 4:1

Give ear to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the hill of Samaria, by whom the poor are kept down, and those in need are crushed; who say to their lords, Get out the wine and give us drink.

Micah 3:9-10

Then give ear to this, you heads of the children of Jacob, you rulers of the children of Israel, hating what is right, twisting what is straight.

1 Corinthians 6:5

I say this to put you to shame. Is there not among you one wise man who may be able to give a decision between his brothers?

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