2 Samuel 23:3
2 Samuel 23:3 — The New International Version (NIV)
3 The God of Israel spoke,
the Rock of Israel said to me:
‘When one rules over people in righteousness,
when he rules in the fear of God,
2 Samuel 23:3 — English Standard Version (ESV)
3 The God of Israel has spoken;
the Rock of Israel has said to me:
When one rules justly over men,
ruling in the fear of God,
2 Samuel 23:3 — New Living Translation (NLT)
3 The God of Israel spoke.
The Rock of Israel said to me:
‘The one who rules righteously,
who rules in the fear of God,
2 Samuel 23:3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
3 The God of Israel said,
The Rock of Israel spoke to me:
‘He who rules over men must be just,
Ruling in the fear of God.
2 Samuel 23:3 — New Century Version (NCV)
3 The God of Israel spoke;
the Rock of Israel said to me:
‘Whoever rules fairly over people,
who rules with respect for God,
2 Samuel 23:3 — American Standard Version (ASV)
3 The God of Israel said,
The Rock of Israel spake to me:
One that ruleth over men righteously,
That ruleth in the fear of God,
2 Samuel 23:3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
3 The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me, The ruler among men shall be just, Ruling in the fear of God;
2 Samuel 23:3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
3 The God of Israel spoke to them.
The rock of Israel told me,
‘The one who rules humans with justice rules with the fear of God.
2 Samuel 23:3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
3 The God of Israel spoke;
the Rock of Israel said to me,
“The one who rules the people with justice,
who rules in the fear of God,
2 Samuel 23:3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
3 The God of Israel has spoken,
the Rock of Israel has said to me:
One who rules over people justly,
ruling in the fear of God,
2 Samuel 23:3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
3 The God of Israel said to me, the rock of Israel has spoken; ‘He who rules over mankind rules righteously, in the fear of God.
2 Samuel 23:3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
3 The God of Israel spoke.
The Rock of Israel said to me,
‘A king must rule over people in a way that is right.
He must have respect for me when he rules.
2 Samuel 23:3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
3 “The God of Israel said,
The Rock of Israel spoke to me,
‘He who rules over men righteously,
Who rules in the fear of God,