Parallel Verses
- Amplified Bible - Therefore, return [in repentance] to your God, Observe and highly regard kindness and justice, And wait [expectantly] for your God continually.
- 新标点和合本 - 所以你当归向你的 神， 谨守仁爱、公平，常常等候你的 神。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 所以你当归向你的上帝， 谨守慈爱和公平， 常常等候你的上帝。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 所以你当归向你的 神， 谨守慈爱和公平， 常常等候你的 神。
- 当代译本 - 所以，你们要归向你们的上帝， 持守仁爱和公义，常常等候祂。
- 圣经新译本 - 所以你要靠着你的 神归回， 谨守忠信和公平， 常常等候你的 神。
- 现代标点和合本 - “所以你当归向你的神， 谨守仁爱、公平，常常等候你的神。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 所以你当归向你的上帝， 谨守仁爱、公平，常常等候你的上帝。
- New International Version - But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always.
- New International Reader's Version - People of Jacob, you must return to your God. You must hold on to love and do what is fair. You must trust in your God always.
- English Standard Version - “So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.”
- New Living Translation - So now, come back to your God. Act with love and justice, and always depend on him.
- The Message - What are you waiting for? Return to your God! Commit yourself in love, in justice! Wait for your God, and don’t give up on him—ever!
- Christian Standard Bible - But you must return to your God. Maintain love and justice, and always put your hope in God.
- New American Standard Bible - So as for you, return to your God, Maintain kindness and justice, And wait for your God continually.
- New King James Version - So you, by the help of your God, return; Observe mercy and justice, And wait on your God continually.
- American Standard Version - Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.
- King James Version - Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
- New English Translation - But you must return to your God, by maintaining love and justice, and by waiting for your God to return to you.
- World English Bible - Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.
- 新標點和合本 - 所以你當歸向你的神， 謹守仁愛、公平，常常等候你的神。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 所以你當歸向你的上帝， 謹守慈愛和公平， 常常等候你的上帝。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 所以你當歸向你的 神， 謹守慈愛和公平， 常常等候你的 神。
- 當代譯本 - 所以，你們要歸向你們的上帝， 持守仁愛和公義，常常等候祂。
- 聖經新譯本 - 所以你要靠著你的 神歸回， 謹守忠信和公平， 常常等候你的 神。
- 呂振中譯本 - 『所以你、你要回歸於你的上帝， 謹守着忠愛與公平， 時刻不斷地仰望你的上帝。』
- 現代標點和合本 - 「所以你當歸向你的神， 謹守仁愛、公平，常常等候你的神。
- 文理和合譯本 - 爾其歸爾上帝、謹守仁義、恆望爾上帝、○
- 文理委辦譯本 - 爾當仁義是行、矜憫為懷、歸誠上帝、恆求不已、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾當歸誠於爾之天主、守虔誠公義、且恆望爾之天主、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Pero tú debes volverte a tu Dios, practicar el amor y la justicia, y confiar siempre en él.
- 현대인의 성경 - 야곱의 후손들아, 너희는 너희 하나님께 돌아와서 사랑과 정의의 원리대로 살고 항상 너희 하나님을 바라보아라.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Так вернись же к своему Богу, придерживайся любви и справедливости и всегда ожидай своего Бога.
- Восточный перевод - Так вернись же к своему Богу, придерживайся добра и справедливости и всегда ожидай своего Бога.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Так вернись же к своему Богу, придерживайся добра и справедливости и всегда ожидай своего Бога.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Так вернись же к своему Богу, придерживайся добра и справедливости и всегда ожидай своего Бога.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - C’est l’Eternel, ╵Dieu des armées célestes, oui, l’Eternel. ╵C’est ainsi qu’on parle de lui.
- リビングバイブル - さあ、神に立ち返り、 愛と公正の原理に立ちなさい。 いつも、あなたの神に期待しなさい。
- Nova Versão Internacional - Portanto, volte para o seu Deus, e pratique a lealdade e a justiça; confie sempre no seu Deus.
- Hoffnung für alle - Der allmächtige Gott, dessen Name »der Herr« ist, sagte zu ihm:
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Vậy bây giờ, hãy quay về với Đức Chúa Trời ngươi. Hãy giữ sự yêu thương và công chính, và luôn luôn nương dựa vào Ngài.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แต่เจ้าต้องกลับมาหาพระเจ้าของเจ้า จงผดุงความรักและความยุติธรรม และรอคอยพระเจ้าของเจ้าเสมอ
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - “แต่เจ้าต้องกลับไปหาพระเจ้าของเจ้า จงคงไว้ซึ่งความรักอันมั่นคงและความเป็นธรรม และรอพระเจ้าของเจ้าเสมอ”
Cross Reference
- Isaiah 30:18 - Therefore the Lord waits [expectantly] and longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; Blessed (happy, fortunate) are all those who long for Him [since He will never fail them].
- Zechariah 8:16 - These are the things which you should do: speak the truth with one another; judge with truth and pronounce the judgment that brings peace in [the courts at] your gates.
- Isaiah 31:6 - Return to Him from whom you have so deeply defected, O sons of Israel.
- Hosea 4:1 - Hear the word of the Lord, you children of Israel, For the Lord has a [legal] case with the inhabitants of the land, Because there is no faithfulness [no steadfast love, no dependability] or loyalty or kindness Or knowledge of God [from personal experience with Him] in the land.
- Hosea 10:12 - Sow with a view to righteousness [that righteousness, like seed, may germinate]; Reap in accordance with mercy and lovingkindness. Break up your uncultivated ground, For it is time to seek and search diligently for the Lord [and to long for His blessing] Until He comes to rain righteousness and His gift of salvation on you.
- Acts 2:38 - And Peter said to them, “Repent [change your old way of thinking, turn from your sinful ways, accept and follow Jesus as the Messiah] and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ because of the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
- Jeremiah 3:14 - ‘Return, O faithless children [of the twelve tribes],’ says the Lord, ‘For I am a master and husband to you, And I will take you [not as a nation, but individually]—one from a city and two from a [tribal] family— And I will bring you to Zion.’
- Jeremiah 3:15 - “Then [in the final time] I will give you [spiritual] shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and [true] understanding.
- Jeremiah 3:16 - It will be in those days when you have [repented and] multiplied and increased in the land,” says the Lord, “they will no longer say, ‘The ark of the covenant of the Lord.’ It will not come to mind, nor will they [seriously] remember it, nor will they miss it, nor will it be made again [for instead of the ark, which symbolized My presence, I will be present].
- Jeremiah 3:17 - At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘The Throne of the Lord,’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Jerusalem, for the name (renown) of the Lord; and they will not walk anymore after the stubbornness of their [own] evil heart.
- Jeremiah 3:18 - In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave your fathers as an inheritance.
- Jeremiah 3:19 - “Then I said, ‘How [gloriously and honorably] I would set you among My children And give you a pleasant land—a wonderful heritage, The most beautiful inheritance of the nations!’ And I said, ‘You shall call Me, My Father And not turn away from following Me.’
- Jeremiah 3:20 - Surely, as a wife treacherously (unfaithfully) leaves her husband, So you have dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel,” says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 3:21 - A voice is heard on the barren heights, The weeping and pleading of the children of Israel, Because they have lost their way, They have [deliberately] forgotten the Lord their God.
- Jeremiah 3:22 - “Return, O faithless sons,” [says the Lord], “I will heal your unfaithfulness.” [They answer] “Behold, we come to You, For You are the Lord our God.
- Acts 26:20 - but I openly proclaimed first to those at Damascus, then at Jerusalem and throughout the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they should repent [change their inner self—their old way of thinking] and turn to God, doing deeds and living lives which are consistent with repentance.
- Isaiah 40:31 - But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] Will gain new strength and renew their power; They will lift up their wings [and rise up close to God] like eagles [rising toward the sun]; They will run and not become weary, They will walk and not grow tired.
- Isaiah 55:6 - Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call on Him [for salvation] while He is near.
- Isaiah 55:7 - Let the wicked leave (behind) his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord, And He will have compassion (mercy) on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.
- Joel 2:13 - Rip your heart to pieces [in sorrow and contrition] and not your garments.” Now return [in repentance] to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness [faithful to His covenant with His people]; And He relents [His sentence of] evil [when His people genuinely repent].
- Psalms 123:2 - Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, And as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes look to the Lord our God, Until He is gracious and favorable toward us.
- Isaiah 1:16 - “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Get your evil deeds out of My sight. Stop doing evil,
- Lamentations 3:39 - Why should any living mortal, or any man, Complain [of punishment] in view of his sins?
- Lamentations 3:40 - Let us test and examine our ways, And let us return to the Lord.
- Lamentations 3:41 - Let us lift up our hearts and our hands [in prayer] Toward God in heaven;
- Psalms 27:14 - Wait for and confidently expect the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for and confidently expect the Lord.
- Proverbs 21:3 - To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice [for wrongs repeatedly committed].
- Zephaniah 3:8 - “Therefore [you of the godly remnant of Judah, patiently] wait for Me,” declares the Lord, “[Wait] for the day when I rise up as a witness [against the nations]. For it is My decision and My right to gather the nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them My indignation, All [the heat of] My burning anger; For [in that day] all the earth shall be consumed By the fire of My zeal.
- Amos 5:24 - But let justice run down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream [flowing abundantly].
- Habakkuk 2:3 - For the vision is yet for the appointed [future] time It hurries toward the goal [of fulfillment]; it will not fail. Even though it delays, wait [patiently] for it, Because it will certainly come; it will not delay.
- James 2:13 - For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; but [to the one who has shown mercy] mercy triumphs [victoriously] over judgment.
- James 1:27 - Pure and unblemished religion [as it is expressed in outward acts] in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit and look after the fatherless and the widows in their distress, and to keep oneself uncontaminated by the [secular] world.
- Proverbs 1:23 - If you will turn and pay attention to my rebuke, Behold, I [Wisdom] will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.
- Genesis 49:18 - I wait for Your salvation, O Lord.
- Psalms 130:5 - I wait [patiently] for the Lord, my soul [expectantly] waits, And in His word do I hope.
- Psalms 130:6 - My soul waits for the Lord More than the watchmen for the morning; More than the watchmen for the morning.
- Psalms 130:7 - O Israel, hope in the Lord; For with the Lord there is lovingkindness, And with Him is abundant redemption.
- Isaiah 8:17 - And I will wait for the Lord who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; and I will look eagerly for Him.
- Psalms 37:7 - Be still before the Lord; wait patiently for Him and entrust yourself to Him; Do not fret (whine, agonize) because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.
- Isaiah 58:6 - [Rather] is this not the fast which I choose, To undo the bonds of wickedness, To tear to pieces the ropes of the yoke, To let the oppressed go free And break apart every [enslaving] yoke?
- Zechariah 1:3 - Therefore say to the Jews, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts (armies), “Return to Me,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and I shall return to you.
- Jeremiah 22:15 - Do you think that you become a king because you have much more cedar [in your palace than Solomon]? Did not your father [Josiah], as he ate and drank, Do just and righteous acts [being upright and in right standing with God]? Then all was well with him.
- Lamentations 3:25 - The Lord is good to those who wait [confidently] for Him, To those who seek Him [on the authority of God’s word].
- Lamentations 3:26 - It is good that one waits quietly For the salvation of the Lord.
- Hosea 6:1 - “Come and let us return [in repentance] to the Lord, For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.
- Hosea 6:2 - After two days He will revive us; On the third day He will raise us up That we may live before Him.
- Hosea 6:3 - So let us know and become personally acquainted with Him; let us press on to know and understand fully the [greatness of the] Lord [to honor, heed, and deeply cherish Him]. His appearing is prepared and is as certain as the dawn, And He will come to us [in salvation] like the [heavy] rain, Like the spring rain watering the earth.”
- Micah 7:7 - But as for me, I will look expectantly for the Lord and with confidence in Him I will keep watch; I will wait [with confident expectation] for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- Hosea 14:1 - O Israel, return [in repentance] to the Lord your God, For you have stumbled and fallen [visited by tragedy], because of your sin.
- Zechariah 7:9 - “Thus has the Lord of hosts said, ‘Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion, to each other;
- Micah 6:8 - He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you Except to be just, and to love [and to diligently practice] kindness (compassion), And to walk humbly with your God [setting aside any overblown sense of importance or self-righteousness]?