3The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, 'One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,


In Context

1 Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse says, the man who was raised on high says, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel:

2 |The Spirit of Yahweh spoke by me. His word was on my tongue.

3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, 'One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,

4 shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.'

5 Most certainly my house is not so with God, yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure, for it is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he doesn't make it grow.

2 Samuel 23:3 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:3The God of Israel spoke, the Rock of Israel said to me: 'When one rules over men in righteousness, when he rules in the fear of God,

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:3The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men [must be] just, ruling in the fear of God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:3The God of Israel said to me, the strong one of Israel spoke, the ruler of men, the just ruler in the fear of God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:3The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me: One that ruleth over men righteously, That ruleth in the fear of God,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:3The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me, The ruler among men shall be just, Ruling in the fear of God;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:3The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me: One that ruleth over men righteously, that ruleth in the fear of God,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:3The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:3He said — the God of Israel — to me, He spake — the Rock of Israel: He who is ruling over man is righteous, He is ruling in the fear of God.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:3The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, He that rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.