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Jeremiah 22:16

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “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.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then [it was] well [with him: was] not this to know me? saith the LORD.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then [it was] well [with him]: [was] not this to know me? saith the LORD.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— [Did he not] plead the cause of the oppressed and the needy, And, then, it was well? Was not, that, to know, me? Demandeth Yahweh.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— He decided the cause of the poor and needy, Then [it is] well—is it not to know Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— He judged the cause of the poor and needy for his own good: was it not therefore because he knew me, saith the Lord?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— When he iudged the cause of the afflicted and the poore, he prospered: was not this because he knewe me, saith the Lorde?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— He iudged the cause of the poore and needy, then [it was] well [with him: was] not this to know me, saith the LORD?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— He did justice to the cause of the poor and needy; and he did well; he who does these things, knows me, says the LORD.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— They understood not, they judged not the cause of the afflicted, nor the cause of the poor: is not this thy not knowing me? saith the Lord.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then [it was] well [with him: was] not this to know me? saith Yahweh.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
He judged 1777
{1777} Prime
דִּין
diyn
{deen}
A primitive root (compare H0113); to rule; by implication to judge (as umpire); also to strive (as at law).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
the cause 1779
{1779} Prime
דִּין
diyn
{deen}
From H1777; judgment (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strife.
of the poor 6041
{6041} Prime
עָנִי
`aniy
{aw-nee'}
From H6031; depressed, in mind or circumstances (practically the same as H6035 subjectively and H6041 objectively).
and needy; 34
{0034} Prime
אֶבְיוֹן
'ebyown
{eb-yone'}
From H0014, in the sense of want (especially in feeling); destitute.
then x227
(0227) Complement
אָז
'az
{awz}
A demonstrative adverb; at that time or place; also as a conjugation, therefore.
[it was] well 2896
{2896} Prime
טוֹב
towb
{tobe}
From H2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well).
[with him: was] not x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
this x1931
(1931) Complement
הוּא
huw'
{hoo}
The second form is the feminine beyond the Pentateuch; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular, he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are.
to know 1847
{1847} Prime
דַּעַת
da`ath
{dah'-ath}
From H3045; knowledge.
me? saith 5002
{5002} Prime
נְאֻם
n@'um
{neh-oom'}
From H5001; an oracle.
z8803
<8803> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Passive (See H8815)
Count - 1415
Yähwè יָהוֶה. 3068
{3068} Prime
יְהֹוָה
Y@hovah
{yeh-ho-vaw'}
From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Jeremiah 22:16

_ _ was not this to know me — namely, to show by deeds that one knows God’s will, as was the case with Josiah (compare John 13:17; contrast Titus 1:16).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Jeremiah 22:10-19.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 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.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
judged:

Jeremiah 5:28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Job 29:12-17 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him. ... And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
Psalms 72:1-4 [[[A Psalm] for Solomon.]] Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. ... He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Psalms 72:12-13 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and [him] that hath no helper. ... He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
Psalms 82:3-4 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. ... Deliver the poor and needy: rid [them] out of the hand of the wicked.
Psalms 109:31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save [him] from those that condemn his soul.
Proverbs 24:11-12 If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain; ... If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works?
Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

was not:

Jeremiah 9:3 And they bend their tongues [like] their bow [for] lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 9:16 I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
Jeremiah 9:24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I [am] the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these [things] I delight, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 31:33-34 But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. ... And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
1 Samuel 2:2 [There is] none holy as the LORD: for [there is] none beside thee: neither [is there] any rock like our God.
1 Chronicles 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Psalms 9:10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
John 8:19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
John 8:54-55 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: ... Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
John 16:3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
John 17:6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
Titus 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
1 John 2:3-4 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. ... He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

1S 2:2. 1Ch 28:9. Jb 29:12. Ps 9:10; 72:1, 12; 82:3; 109:31. Pv 24:11. Is 1:17. Jr 5:28; 9:3, 16, 24; 31:33. Jn 8:19, 54; 16:3; 17:3, 6. Tit 1:16. 1Jn 2:3.

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