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Jeremiah 22:16

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.

KJV

Judicavit causam pauperis et egeni in bonum suum : numquid non ideo quia cognovit me ? dicit Dominus.

Vulgate

οὐκ ἔγνωσαν, οὐκ ἔκριναν κρίσιν ταπεινῷ οὐδὲ κρίσιν πένητος· οὐ τοῦτό ἐστιν τὸ μὴ γνῶναί σε ἐμέ, λέγει Κύριος;

LXX

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.

ASV

דָּ֛ן דִּין עָנִ֥י וְ/אֶבְי֖וֹן אָ֣ז ט֑וֹב הֲ/לוֹא הִ֛יא הַ/דַּ֥עַת אֹתִ֖/י נְאֻם יְהוָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶבְי֑וֹן
'byvn
adjective · 59×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָ֣ז
'z
adverb · 139×
דָֽעַת
d't
verb · 93×
דִּ֣ין
dyn
noun · 21×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָדִ֣ין
ydyn
verb · 24×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נְאֻם
n'm
noun · 374×
עָנִ֣י
'ny
adjective · 77×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the
  • 1Chr 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the
  • 1John 2:3 — And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
  • Hos 6:6 — For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
  • Isa 1:17 — Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
  • Jer 5:28 — They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
  • Jer 9:3 — And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
  • Jer 9:3 — And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
  • Jer 9:16 — I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
  • Jer 9:24 — But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I deligh
  • John 8:19 — Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
  • John 8:54 — Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
  • John 16:3 — And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
  • John 17:3 — And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
  • John 17:6 — I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
  • Luke 18:2 — Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
  • Prov 24:11 — If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
  • Ps 9:10 — And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
  • Ps 36:10 — O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
  • Ps 58:2 — Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
  • Ps 72:1 — Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son.
  • Ps 72:12 — For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
  • Ps 82:3 — Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
  • Ps 82:3 — Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
  • Ps 109:31 — For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
  • Ps 140:12 — I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
  • Titus 1:16 — They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.