| Deuteronomy 16:20 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | "Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, that you may live and possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Strive for nothing but justice so that you will live and take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. |
| ASV: | That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which 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. |
| DBY: | Perfect justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and possess the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee. |
| ERV: | That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. |
| JPS: | Justice, justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. |
| WBS: | That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. |
| WEB: | You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live, and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you. |
| YLT: | Righteousness -- righteousness thou dost pursue, so that thou livest, and hast possessed the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee. |
| Deuteronomy 16:20 Cross References |
| XREF: | Deuteronomy 4:1 "Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to perform, so that you may live and go in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 16:20 That which {k} is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
(k) The magistrate must constantly follow the tenor of the law, and in noting decline from justice. |
| WES: | 16:20 That which is altogether just - Heb. righteousness, righteousness, that is, nothing but righteousness in all causes and times, and to all persons equally. |
| MHC: | 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 gospel days, and under a better dispensation, established upon better promises, there is a tendency to set up idols, under one form or another, in the human heart. |
| CONC: | Alone Altogether Follow Gives Giveth Giving Guide Hast Heritage Inherit Justice Livest Mayest Perfect Possess Possessed Pursue Righteousness |
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