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Jeremiah 22:15

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15Shalt thou reign, because thou eclosest thyself in cedar?

Did not thy father eat and drink,

And fdo judgment and justice,

And then git was well with him?

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Footnotes

  1. ech. 12:5 (Heb.). So Ne. 3:20 (Heb.).

Cross references

  1. f2 Kin. 23:25.
  2. gPs. 128:2. Eccles. 8:12. Isai. 3:10.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Do you think you are a king

because you compete in cedar?

Did not your father eat and drink

and do justice and righteousness?

Then it was well with him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Does it make you a king

to have more and more cedar?

Did not your father have food and drink?

He did what was right and just,

so all went well with him.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Are you a king because you excel in cedar?

Didn’t your father eat and drink

and administer justice and righteousness?

Then it went well with him.

NLTNew Living Translation

But a beautiful cedar palace does not make a great king!

Your father, Josiah, also had plenty to eat and drink.

But he was just and right in all his dealings.

That is why God blessed him.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do you reign as king because you are competing in cedar?

Did not your father eat and drink,

and he did justice and righteousness,

then it was well with him?