Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

For judgment will again be righteous,
And all the upright in heart will follow it.

King James Version

But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

Holman Bible

for justice will again be righteous,
and all the upright in heart will follow it.

International Standard Version

Righteousness will be restored with justice, and all the pure of heart will follow it.

A Conservative Version

For judgment shall return to righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

American Standard Version

For judgment shall return unto righteousness; And all the upright in heart shall follow it.

Amplified


For judgment will again be righteous,
And all the upright in heart will follow it.

Bible in Basic English

But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.

Darby Translation

For judgment shall return unto righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

Julia Smith Translation

For judgment shall turn back even to justice: and after it all the upright of heart

King James 2000

But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For judgment will return to righteousness, and all the upright in heart [will follow] after it.

Modern King James verseion

But judgment shall return to righteousness; and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And why? Judgment shall be turned again unto righteousness, and all such as are true in heart shall follow it.

NET Bible

For justice will prevail, and all the morally upright will be vindicated.

New Heart English Bible

For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.

The Emphasized Bible

For, unto righteousness, shall the judicial sentence return, Then shall follow it - all the upright in heart.

Webster

But judgment shall return to righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

World English Bible

For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.

Youngs Literal Translation

For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

Verse Info

Context Readings

A Prayer For Retribution Against Oppressors

14 Jehovah will not abandon his people. He will not desert those who belong to him. 15 For judgment will again be righteous,
And all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who will stand up for me against evildoers? Who will take his stand for me against those who do wickedness?

Cross References

Micah 7:9

I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him. He will plead my cause, and execute judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light and I will see his righteousness.

Deuteronomy 32:35-36

Vengeance and retribution belong to me. (Vengeance is mine, I will repay.) Their foot shall slide in time, for the day of their calamity is at hand. The things to come on them come quickly.

Job 17:9

Yet, the righteous person clings to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

Job 23:11-12

My foot has held fast to his path. I have kept his way and not turned aside.

Job 35:14

How much less when you say that you do not see him, that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him!

Psalm 7:8-9

Jehovah judges the peoples. Judge me Jehovah according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.

Psalm 9:16

Jehovah has revealed himself by his righteous judgments. The wicked are trapped by their deeds.

Psalm 37:5-7

Dedicate your life to Jehovah. Trust him, and he will act on your behalf.

Psalm 37:34

Wait for Jehovah and keep his way and he will exalt you to inherit the earth. You will see it when the wicked are destroyed.

Psalm 58:11

Men will say: Truly there is a reward for the righteous. Truly there is a God who judges the earth.

Psalm 94:2-3

Rise up, O Judge of the earth, Render recompense to the proud.

Psalm 97:2

Clouds, gloom and darkness are all around Him. Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.

Psalm 125:3-5

For the rod of the wicked shall not rest on the lot of the righteous in case the righteous put forth their hands to iniquity.

Isaiah 42:3

He will not break off a bent reed nor extinguish a flickering lamp. He will bring lasting justice to all.

Malachi 3:18

Once again my people will see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between the person who serves God and the one who does not.

James 5:7-11

Be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and late rains.

2 Peter 3:8-10

Do not forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with Jehovah as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. (Psalm 90:1, 4)

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they were not of us. If they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they went out that it made it plain that they all are not of us.

Revelation 15:3-4

They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: Great and marvelous are your works, Jehovah God, the Almighty; just and true are your ways, you King of the ages (Eternal King) (King of the nations) (King of the holy ones). (Deuteronomy 31:30; 32:4) (Exodus 6:3)

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