Jeremiah 22:15
Jeremiah 22:15 — The New International Version (NIV)
15 “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.
Jeremiah 22:15 — English Standard Version (ESV)
15 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.
Jeremiah 22:15 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
15 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar?
Did not thy father eat and drink,
And do judgment and justice,
And then it was well with him?
Jeremiah 22:15 — New Living Translation (NLT)
15 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.
Jeremiah 22:15 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
15 “Shall you reign because you enclose yourself in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink,
And do justice and righteousness?
Then it was well with him.
Jeremiah 22:15 — New Century Version (NCV)
15 “Does having a lot of cedar in your house
make you a great king?
Your father was satisfied to have food and drink.
He did what was right and fair,
so everything went well for him.
Jeremiah 22:15 — American Standard Version (ASV)
15 Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.
Jeremiah 22:15 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
15 Shalt thou reign, because thou viest with the cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice? Then it was well with him.
Jeremiah 22:15 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
15 Do you think you’re a better king than others
because you use more cedar?
Your father ate and drank and did what is fair and right.
Everything went well for him.
Jeremiah 22:15 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
15 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.
Jeremiah 22:15 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
15 Are you 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.
Jeremiah 22:15 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
15 “Jehoiakim, does having more and more cedar boards
make you a king?
Your father Josiah had enough to eat and drink.
He did what was right and fair.
So everything went well with him.
Jeremiah 22:15 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
15 “Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
And do justice and righteousness?
Then it was well with him.