Jeremiah 22:15
Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
Jeremiah 22:15 in other translations
| BSB | Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him. |
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| WEB | “Should you reign because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn’t your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him. |
| ASV | Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him. |
| YLT | Dost thou reign, because thou art fretting thyself in cedar? Thy father--did he not eat and drink? Yea, he did judgment and righteousness, Then it is well with him. |
| DARBY | Shalt thou reign, because thou viest with the cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice? Then it was well with him. |
| BBE | Are you to be a king because you make more use of cedar than your father? did not your father take food and drink and do right, judging in righteousness, and then it was well for him? |
| Webster | Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? |
What does Jeremiah 22:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 22:10-19
Here is a sentence of death upon two kings, the wicked sons of a very pious father. Josiah was prevented from seeing the evil to come in this world, and removed to see the good to come in the other world; therefore, weep not for him, but for his son Shallum, who is likely to live and die a wretched captive. Dying saints may be justly envied, while living sinners are justly pitied. Here also is the doom of Jehoiakim…
Jeremiah 22:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 22:15
- 2 Kings 23:25
And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.
- Isaiah 3:10
Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
- Ecclesiastes 10:17
Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
- Proverbs 25:5
Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
- Proverbs 29:4
The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
- 2 Kings 22:2
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
- Psalms 128:1-2
A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
- Proverbs 21:3
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
- 1 Kings 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.
- Jeremiah 42:6
Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the Lord our God.
- Jeremiah 21:12
O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
- 2 Samuel 8:15
And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
18; 2Ki 23:25; 1Ch 3:15
eat.
1Ki 4:20-23; 2Ch 35:7,8,12-18; Ec 2:24; 9:7-10; 10:17; Isa 33:16
Lu 11:41; Ac 2:46; 1Co 10:31
and do.
3; 21:12; 23:5; 2Sa 8:15; 1Ki 10:9; 2Ki 22:2; 23:25; 2Ch 34:2
Pr 20:28; 21:3; 25:5; 29:4; 31:9; Isa 9:7
then.
42:6; De 4:40; Ps 128:1,2; Isa 3:10
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Context
- Jeremiah 22:14
That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
- Jeremiah 22:15
Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
- 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.
Jeremiah 22:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Reinarás porque te cercas de cedro? ¿no comió y bebió tu padre, é hizo juicio y justicia, y entonces le fué bien? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Régneras-tu, parce que tu rivalises avec le cèdre? Ton père n’a-t-il pas mangé et bu, et pratiqué le jugement et la justice? alors il s’est bien trouvé. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Bist du ein König, weil du in Cedern wetteiferst? Hat nicht dein Vater gegessen und getrunken und Recht und Gerechtigkeit geübt? da erging es ihm wohl. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Numquid regnabis quoniam confers te cedro? pater tuus numquid non comedit et bibit, et fecit judicium et justitiam tunc cum bene erat ei? |