20Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.


In Context

17 Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God has blessed you.

18 Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.

19 Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

20 Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.

21 Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole beside the altar you build to the Lord your God,

22 and do not erect a sacred stone, for these the Lord your God hates.

Deuteronomy 16:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:20That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:20Thou shalt follow justly after that which is just: that thou mayst live and possess the land, which the Lord thy God shall give thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:20That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:20Perfect justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and possess the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:20That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:20That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:20You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live, and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:20Righteousness — righteousness thou dost pursue, so that thou livest, and hast possessed the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:20That which is altogether just shall you follow, that you may live, and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you.