Deuteronomy 16:20
ContextNET © | You must pursue justice alone 1 so that you may live and inherit the land the Lord your God is giving you. |
NIV © | Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the LORD your God is giving you. |
NASB © | "Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, that you may live and possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you. |
NLT © | Let true justice prevail, so you may live and occupy the land that the LORD your God is giving you. |
MSG © | The right! The right! Pursue only what's right! It's the only way you can really live and possess the land that GOD, your God, is giving you. |
BBE © | Let righteousness be your guide, so that you may have life, and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you. |
NRSV © | Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, so that you may live and occupy the land that the LORD your God is giving you. |
NKJV © | "You shall follow what is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which the LORD your God is giving you. |
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NET © | You must pursue justice alone 1 so that you may live and inherit the land the Lord your God is giving you. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “justice, justice.” The repetition is emphatic; one might translate as “pure justice” or “unadulterated justice” (cf. NLT “true justice”). |