Deuteronomy 1 · Verse 16

Deuteronomy 1:16

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
Deuteronomy 1:16, King James Version

Deuteronomy 1:16 in other translations

BSBAt that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.
WEBI commanded your judges at that time, saying, “Hear cases between your brothers and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him.
ASVAnd I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him.
YLTAnd I command your judges at that time, saying, Hearkening between your brethren--then ye have judged righteousness between a man, and his brother, and his sojourner;
DARBYAnd I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and him also that sojourneth with him.
BBEAnd at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.
WebsterAnd I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

What does Deuteronomy 1:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 1:9-18

9-18. I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone--a little before their arrival in Horeb. Moses addresses that new generation as the representatives of their fathers, in whose sight and hearing all the transactions he recounts took place. A reference is here made to the suggestion of Jethro (Ex 18:18). In noticing his practical adoption of a plan by which the administration of…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 1:9-18

Moses reminds the people of the happy constitution of their government, which might make them all safe and easy, if it was not their own fault. He owns the fulfilment of God's promise to Abraham, and prays for the further accomplishment of it. We are not straitened in the power and goodness of God; why should we be straitened in our own faith and hope? Good laws were given to the Israelites, and good men were to see…

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Deuteronomy 1:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וָאֲצַוֶּה֙va.'a.tza.Vehand I commandedH6680
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שֹׁ֣פְטֵיכֶ֔םsho.fe.tei.Khemjudges yourH8199
בָּעֵ֥תba.'Etat the timeH6256
הַהִ֖ואha.Hiv'<the> thatH1931
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
שָׁמֹ֤עַsha.Mo.a'hearH8085
בֵּין\־bein-betweenH996
אֲחֵיכֶם֙'a.chei.Khemcountrymen yourH251
וּשְׁפַטְתֶּ֣םu.she.fa.Temand you will judgeH8199
צֶ֔דֶקTze.dekrighteousnessH6664
בֵּֽין\־bein-betweenH996
אִ֥ישׁ'ishanyoneH376
וּבֵין\־u.vein-and betweenH996
אָחִ֖יו'a.Chivcountryman hisH251
וּבֵ֥יןu.Veinand betweenH996
גֵּרֽוֹ\׃ge.Rosojourner hisH1616

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 1:16

  • John 7:24

    Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

  • Deuteronomy 16:18-19

    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. Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

  • Leviticus 24:22

    Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the Lord your God.

  • Exodus 23:2-3

    Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

  • Exodus 22:21

    Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Timothy 5:21

    I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.

  • Exodus 23:7-9

    Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

  • 2 Chronicles 19:6-10

    And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the Lord, who is with you in the judgment. 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. Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem. And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the Lord, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. …

  • Psalms 58:1

    To the chief Musician, Al–taschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

  • Deuteronomy 31:14

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • Deuteronomy 27:11

    And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
charged.
27:11; 31:14; Nu 27:19; 1Th 2:11; 1Ti 5:21; 6:17
Hear.
16:18,19; Ex 23:2,3,7,8; Le 19:15; 2Sa 23:3; 2Ch 19:6-10; Ps 58:1
Joh 7:24
the stranger.
10:18,19; 24:14; Ex 22:21; 23:9; Le 24:22

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 1:15

    So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.

  • Deuteronomy 1:16

    And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

  • Deuteronomy 1:17

    Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

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Deuteronomy 1:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y entonces mandé á vuestros jueces, diciendo: Oid entre vuestros hermanos, y juzgad justamente entre el hombre y su hermano, y el que le es extranjero.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
– Et je commandai à vos juges, en ce temps-là, disant: Écoutez les différends entre vos frères, et jugez avec justice entre un homme et son frère, et l’étranger qui est avec lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich gebot euren Richtern in selbiger Zeit und sprach: Höret die Streitsachen zwischen euren Brüdern und richtet in Gerechtigkeit zwischen einem Manne und seinem Bruder und dem Fremdling bei ihm.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Præcepique eis, dicens: Audite illos, et quod justum est judicate: sive civis sit ille, sive peregrinus.