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2 Samuel 23:3

The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

KJV

Dixit Deus Israël mihi, locutus est fortis Israël : Dominator hominum, justus dominator in timore Dei,

Vulgate

λέγει ὁ θεὸς Ἰσραήλ· ἐμοὶ ἐλάλησεν φύλαξ ἐξ Ἰσραήλ Παραβολὴν εἰπόν Ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ πῶς κραταιώσητε φόβον χριστοῦ;

LXX

The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me: One that ruleth over men righteously, That ruleth in the fear of God,

ASV

אָמַר֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לִ֥/י דִבֶּ֖ר צ֣וּר יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מוֹשֵׁל֙ בָּ/אָדָ֔ם צַדִּ֕יק מוֹשֵׁ֖ל יִרְאַ֥ת אֱלֹהִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יִרְאַ֣ת
yr't
noun · 42×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מוֹשֵׁ֖ל
mvshl
verb · 82×
צ֥וּר
tsvr
noun · 75×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

The division of prophecy into its species Is the more excellent prophecy that which is without imaginative vision? The various degrees of prophecy Was Moses the greatest of the prophets? Can a comprehensor be a prophet? Did prophecy advance in perfection as time went on? Article 1. Whether prophecy is fittingly divided into the prophecy of divine predestination, of foreknowledg…

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 10:9 — Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
  • 2Chr 19:7 — Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
  • 2Chr 19:9 — And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
  • 2Sam 22:2 — And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
  • 2Sam 22:32 — For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
  • Deut 16:18 — Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
  • Deut 32:4 — He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
  • Deut 32:4 — He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
  • Deut 32:30 — How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
  • Exod 18:21 — Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of
  • Exod 18:21 — Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of
  • Exod 19:5 — Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
  • Exod 20:2 — I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
  • Exod 23:6 — Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
  • Gen 33:20 — And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.
  • Heb 1:8 — But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
  • Heb 1:8 — But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
  • Heb 7:2 — To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
  • Isa 11:1 — And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
  • Isa 32:1 — Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
  • Isa 32:1 — Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
  • Jer 23:5 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
  • Job 34:17 — Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
  • Neh 5:14 — Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and
  • Phil 4:8 — Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report;
  • Prov 31:9 — Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
  • Ps 42:9 — I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
  • Ps 58:1 — Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
  • Ps 72:2 — He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
  • Ps 75:2 — When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
  • Ps 82:3 — Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
  • Ps 110:2 — The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
  • Zech 9:9 — Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an