Deuteronomy 16:20
That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy 16:20 in other translations
| BSB | Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you. |
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| WEB | You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you. |
| ASV | That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. |
| YLT | Righteousness--righteousness thou dost pursue, so that thou livest, and hast possessed the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee. |
| DARBY | Perfect justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and possess the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee. |
| BBE | Let righteousness be your guide, so that you may have life, and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you. |
| Webster | That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. |
What does Deuteronomy 16:20 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 16:18-20
18-20. Judges and officers shalt thou make--These last meant heralds or bailiffs, employed in executing the sentence of their superiors. in all thy gates--The gate was the place of public resort among the Israelites and other Eastern people, where business was transacted and causes decided. The Ottoman Porte derived its name from the administration of justice at its gates.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 16:18-22
Care is taken for the due administration of justice. All personal regards must be laid aside, so that right is done to all, and wrong to none. Care is taken to prevent following the idolatrous customs of the heathen. Nothing belies God more, or tends more to corrupt the minds of men, than representing and worshipping, by an image, that God, who is an almighty and eternal Spirit, present every where. Alas! even in…
Deuteronomy 16:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 16:20
- Philippians 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; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
- Ezekiel 18:9
Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord God.
- Ezekiel 18:5
But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
- Micah 6:8
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
- Deuteronomy 4:1
Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you.
- Deuteronomy 25:13-16
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God.
- Romans 10:5
For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Deuteronomy 16:19
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.
- Deuteronomy 16:20
That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
- Deuteronomy 16:21
Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
Deuteronomy 16:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | La justicia, la justicia seguirás, porque vivas y heredes la tierra que Jehová tu Dios te da. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | La parfaite justice, tu la poursuivras, afin que tu vives et que tu possèdes le pays que l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, te donne. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Der Gerechtigkeit, der Gerechtigkeit sollst du nachjagen, auf daß du lebest und das Land besitzest, welches Jehova, dein Gott, dir gibt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Juste quod justum est persequeris: ut vivas, et possideas terram, quam Dominus Deus tuus dederit tibi. |