Jeremiah 22:16 Parallel Translations
NASB: "He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy; Then it was well. Is not that what it means to know Me?" Declares the LORD. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: He defended the cause of the poor and needy. Everything went well for him. Isn't this what it means to know me?" asks the LORD.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
ASV: He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.
BBE: He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.
DBY: He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.
ERV: He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
JPS: He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know Me? saith the LORD.
WBS: He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
WEB: He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Wasn't this to know me? says Yahweh.
YLT: He decided the cause of the poor and needy, Then it is well -- is it not to know Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 22:16 Cross References
XREF:1 Chronicles 28:9 "As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

Psalm 72:1 A Psalm of Solomon. Give the king Your judgments, O God, And Your righteousness to the king's son.

Psalm 72:12 For he will deliver the needy when he cries for help, The afflicted also, and him who has no helper.

Jeremiah 9:24 but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things," declares the LORD. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
WES: 22:16 Was not this - They only truly know God who obey him; men vainly pretend to piety who are defective in justice and charity.
MHC: 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. No doubt it is lawful for princes and great men to build, beautify, and furnish houses; but those who enlarge their houses, and make them sumptuous, need carefully to watch against the workings of vain-glory. He built his houses by unrighteousness, with money gotten unjustly. And he defrauded his workmen of their wages. God notices the wrong done by the greatest to poor servants and labourers, and will repay those in justice, who will not, in justice, pay those whom they employ. The greatest of men must look upon the meanest as their neighbours, and be just to them accordingly. Jehoiakim was unjust, and made no conscience of shedding innocent blood. Covetousness, which is the root of all evil, was at the bottom of all. The children who despise their parents' old fashions, commonly come short of their real excellences. Jehoiakim knew that his father found the way of duty to be the way of comfort, yet he would not tread in his steps. He shall die unlamented, hateful for oppression and cruelty.
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