Parallel Verses
Amplified
He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
New American Standard Bible
He appointed
King James Version
And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
Holman Bible
He appointed judges in all the fortified cities of the land of Judah, city by city.
International Standard Version
and appointing judges throughout the land in all of the walled cities of Judah, city by city. He issued this reminder to the judges:
A Conservative Version
And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
American Standard Version
And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
Bible in Basic English
And he put judges through all the land, in every walled town of Judah,
Darby Translation
And he set judges in the land throughout the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will set up judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, to city and city;
King James 2000
And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he appointed judges in the land and in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.
Modern King James verseion
And he set judges in the land, in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he set judges in the land, throughout all the strong cities of Judah, city by city,
NET Bible
He appointed judges throughout the land and in each of the fortified cities of Judah.
New Heart English Bible
He set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
The Emphasized Bible
And he stationed judges in the land, throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city;
Webster
And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
World English Bible
He set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
Youngs Literal Translation
And he establisheth judges in the land, in all the fenced cities of Judah, for every city,
Themes
Court » Superior, and inferior
Courts of justice » Inferior » In all cities
Courts of justice » Inferior » Re-established by jehoshaphat
Israel » Judges of » General references to
Jehoshaphat » King of judah » His wise reign
Interlinear
`amad
Shaphat
Batsar
References
Easton
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 19:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges
4 So Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and brought them back to the Lord, the God of their fathers. 5 He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, 6 and he said to the judges, “Be careful what you do, for you do not judge for man, but for the Lord who is with you in the matter of judgment.
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 16:18-20
“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your cities (gates) which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
2 Chronicles 19:8
In Jerusalem also Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the fathers’ households of Israel to render the judgment of the Lord and to judge disputes among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Romans 13:1-5
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God [granted by His permission and sanction], and those which exist have been put in place by God.
1 Peter 2:13-14
Submit yourselves to [the authority of] every human institution for the sake of the Lord [to honor His name], whether it is to a king as one in a position of power,