16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Wasn't this to know me? says Yahweh.


In Context

13 Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor's service without wages, and doesn't give him his hire;

14 who says, I will build me a wide house and spacious rooms, and cuts him out windows; and it is ceiling with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

15 Shall you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn't your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.

16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Wasn't this to know me? says Yahweh.

17 But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

18 Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! They shall not lament for him, saying Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

Jeremiah 22:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then [it was] well [with him: was] not this to know me? saith the LORD.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:16He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is that not what it means to know me?" declares the Lord .

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:16He judged the cause of the poor and needy for his own good: was it not therefore because he knew me, saith the Lord?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16He decided the cause of the poor and needy, Then it is well — is it not to know Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? said the LORD.