Parallel Verses
- New International Version - “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.
- 新标点和合本 - 难道你作王是在乎造香柏木楼房争胜吗？ 你的父亲岂不是也吃也喝、 也施行公平和公义吗？ 那时他得了福乐。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 难道你作王就是要盖香柏木楼房争胜的吗？ 你的父亲岂不是也吃也喝， 也施行公平和公义吗？ 那时他得了福乐。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 难道你作王就是要盖香柏木楼房争胜的吗？ 你的父亲岂不是也吃也喝， 也施行公平和公义吗？ 那时他得了福乐。
- 当代译本 - 难道你大肆使用香柏木就能显出你做王的气派吗？ 你父亲也吃也喝， 但他秉公行义， 所以他凡事顺利；
- 圣经新译本 - 难道你是用香柏木争胜来表明王的身分吗？ 你父亲不是也吃也喝， 也施行公正和公义吗？ 那时他得享福乐。
- 现代标点和合本 - 难道你做王是在乎造香柏木楼房争胜吗？ 你的父亲岂不是也吃也喝， 也施行公平和公义吗？ 那时他得了福乐。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 难道你作王是在乎造香柏木楼房争胜吗？ 你的父亲岂不是也吃、也喝， 也施行公平和公义吗？ 那时他得了福乐。
- New International Reader's Version - “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.
- English 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.
- New 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.
- Christian 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.
- New American Standard Bible - Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar? Did your father not eat and drink And do justice and righteousness? Then it was well for him.
- New King James Version - “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.
- Amplified Bible - 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.
- American Standard Version - 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.
- King James Version - 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?
- New English Translation - Does it make you any more of a king that you outstrip everyone else in building with cedar? Just think about your father. He was content that he had food and drink. He did what was just and right. So things went well with him.
- World English Bible - “Should you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn’t your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.
- 新標點和合本 - 難道你作王是在乎造香柏木樓房爭勝嗎？ 你的父親豈不是也吃也喝、 也施行公平和公義嗎？ 那時他得了福樂。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 難道你作王就是要蓋香柏木樓房爭勝的嗎？ 你的父親豈不是也吃也喝， 也施行公平和公義嗎？ 那時他得了福樂。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 難道你作王就是要蓋香柏木樓房爭勝的嗎？ 你的父親豈不是也吃也喝， 也施行公平和公義嗎？ 那時他得了福樂。
- 當代譯本 - 難道你大肆使用香柏木就能顯出你做王的氣派嗎？ 你父親也吃也喝， 但他秉公行義， 所以他凡事順利；
- 聖經新譯本 - 難道你是用香柏木爭勝來表明王的身分嗎？ 你父親不是也吃也喝， 也施行公正和公義嗎？ 那時他得享福樂。
- 呂振中譯本 - 難道你熱心於香柏木 之建築 以爭勝， 就可以顯王者的派頭麼？ 你父親不是也喫也喝， 也秉公行義麼？ 那時他真享福啊！
- 現代標點和合本 - 難道你做王是在乎造香柏木樓房爭勝嗎？ 你的父親豈不是也吃也喝， 也施行公平和公義嗎？ 那時他得了福樂。
- 文理和合譯本 - 爾以香柏之工競美、豈得因此為王乎、爾父式飲式食、秉公行義、而獲福祉、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 耶和華曰、爾雖以柏香木為板、以示華美、豈得恆居王位。爾父日用飲食、躬行仁義、而享福祉、彼為貧乏伸冤、既識我道、遂得亨通、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾以柏香木竭力建造宮室、豈因此能為王乎、爾父雖飲雖食、仍秉公行義而享福祉、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - »¿Acaso eres rey solo por acaparar mucho cedro? Tu padre no solo comía y bebía, sino que practicaba el derecho y la justicia, y por eso le fue bien.
- 현대인의 성경 - “네가 백향목으로 많은 집을 짓는다고 해서 더 좋은 왕이 될 수 있겠느냐? 너의 아버지가 마음껏 먹고 마시며 인생을 즐기지 않았느냐? 그가 모든 일을 바르고 공정하게 처리했기 때문에 번영을 누렸다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Оттого ли ты царь, что более других строишь из кедра? Вспомни своего отца: он и ел, и пил, но делал то, что правильно и справедливо, и поэтому жил в благополучии.
- Восточный перевод - Оттого ли ты царь, что более других строишь из кедра? Вспомни своего отца: он и ел, и пил, но делал то, что правильно и справедливо, и поэтому жил в благополучии.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Оттого ли ты царь, что более других строишь из кедра? Вспомни своего отца: он и ел, и пил, но делал то, что правильно и справедливо, и поэтому жил в благополучии.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Оттого ли ты царь, что более других строишь из кедра? Вспомни своего отца: он и ел, и пил, но делал то, что правильно и справедливо, и поэтому жил в благополучии.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Penses-tu qu’exercer la royauté ╵consiste à surpasser les autres ╵par les palais de cèdre ? Souviens-toi de ton père : ╵il a mangé et bu, mais il a exercé ╵le droit et la justice et s’en est bien trouvé.
- リビングバイブル - だが、美しい宮殿ができたからといって、 りっぱな王になれるわけではない。 おまえの父ヨシヤは、 なぜ長い間王位についていたのか。 彼が正しく、公平を第一としたからだ。 だからこそ、彼には神の祝福があった。
- Nova Versão Internacional - “Você acha que acumular cedro faz de você um rei? O seu pai não teve comida e bebida? Ele fez o que era justo e certo, e tudo ia bem com ele.
- Hoffnung für alle - Bist du deshalb ein großer König, weil du prunkvolle Bauten aus Zedernholz errichtest, die schöner sind als andere? Auch dein Vater hat sein Leben genossen, doch er sorgte für Recht und Gerechtigkeit, und darum ging es ihm gut.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nhưng cung điện bằng bá hương xinh đẹp không làm nên vị vua giỏi! Cha nó, Giô-si-a, từng ăn và uống đầy đủ. Người luôn công minh và chính trực trong mọi việc làm. Nên được Đức Chúa Trời ban phước.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “เจ้าได้เป็นกษัตริย์ เพราะเจ้าสะสมไม้สนซีดาร์มากๆ หรือ? บิดาของเจ้ากินดีอยู่ดีไม่ใช่หรือ? เขาได้ทำสิ่งที่ถูกต้องและยุติธรรม เพราะเหตุนี้ เขาจึงอยู่เย็นเป็นสุข
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เจ้าคิดหรือว่าเจ้าเป็นกษัตริย์ได้ เพราะเจ้ามีไม้ซีดาร์มาก ที่บิดาของเจ้ามีกินมีดื่ม เพราะเขามีความเป็นธรรมและความชอบธรรมมิใช่หรือ แล้วทุกอย่างก็เป็นไปด้วยดีกับเขา
Cross Reference
- 2 Chronicles 35:12 - They set aside the burnt offerings to give them to the subdivisions of the families of the people to offer to the Lord, as it is written in the Book of Moses. They did the same with the cattle.
- 2 Chronicles 35:13 - They roasted the Passover animals over the fire as prescribed, and boiled the holy offerings in pots, caldrons and pans and served them quickly to all the people.
- 2 Chronicles 35:14 - After this, they made preparations for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were sacrificing the burnt offerings and the fat portions until nightfall. So the Levites made preparations for themselves and for the Aaronic priests.
- 2 Chronicles 35:15 - The musicians, the descendants of Asaph, were in the places prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun the king’s seer. The gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their posts, because their fellow Levites made the preparations for them.
- 2 Chronicles 35:16 - So at that time the entire service of the Lord was carried out for the celebration of the Passover and the offering of burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord, as King Josiah had ordered.
- 2 Chronicles 35:17 - The Israelites who were present celebrated the Passover at that time and observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days.
- 2 Chronicles 35:18 - The Passover had not been observed like this in Israel since the days of the prophet Samuel; and none of the kings of Israel had ever celebrated such a Passover as did Josiah, with the priests, the Levites and all Judah and Israel who were there with the people of Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 9:7 - Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.
- Luke 11:41 - But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.
- 1 Corinthians 10:31 - So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
- Acts 2:46 - Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,
- Proverbs 31:9 - Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.
- Ecclesiastes 2:24 - A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This too, I see, is from the hand of God,
- 2 Chronicles 34:2 - He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and followed the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left.
- Jeremiah 22:3 - This is what the Lord says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.
- Isaiah 33:16 - they are the ones who will dwell on the heights, whose refuge will be the mountain fortress. Their bread will be supplied, and water will not fail them.
- Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what you do.
- Ecclesiastes 9:8 - Always be clothed in white, and always anoint your head with oil.
- Ecclesiastes 9:9 - Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10 - Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.
- Proverbs 20:28 - Love and faithfulness keep a king safe; through love his throne is made secure.
- Deuteronomy 4:40 - Keep his decrees and commands, which I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you and that you may live long in the land the Lord your God gives you for all time.
- Jeremiah 23:5 - “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land.
- 2 Chronicles 35:7 - Josiah provided for all the lay people who were there a total of thirty thousand lambs and goats for the Passover offerings, and also three thousand cattle—all from the king’s own possessions.
- 2 Chronicles 35:8 - His officials also contributed voluntarily to the people and the priests and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah and Jehiel, the officials in charge of God’s temple, gave the priests twenty-six hundred Passover offerings and three hundred cattle.
- 1 Chronicles 3:15 - The sons of Josiah: Johanan the firstborn, Jehoiakim the second son, Zedekiah the third, Shallum the fourth.
- Jeremiah 22:18 - Therefore this is what the Lord says about Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’
- 1 Kings 4:20 - The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore; they ate, they drank and they were happy.
- 1 Kings 4:21 - And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These countries brought tribute and were Solomon’s subjects all his life.
- 1 Kings 4:22 - Solomon’s daily provisions were thirty cors of the finest flour and sixty cors of meal,
- 1 Kings 4:23 - ten head of stall-fed cattle, twenty of pasture-fed cattle and a hundred sheep and goats, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks and choice fowl.
- Jeremiah 21:12 - This is what the Lord says to you, house of David: “ ‘Administer justice every morning; rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed, or my wrath will break out and burn like fire because of the evil you have done— burn with no one to quench it.
- Proverbs 21:3 - To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
- Jeremiah 42:6 - Whether it is favorable or unfavorable, we will obey the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you, so that it will go well with us, for we will obey the Lord our God.”
- 1 Kings 10:9 - Praise be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he has made you king to maintain justice and righteousness.”
- 2 Samuel 8:15 - David reigned over all Israel, doing what was just and right for all his people.
- 2 Kings 22:2 - He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and followed completely the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left.
- Psalm 128:1 - Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him.
- Psalm 128:2 - You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.
- Proverbs 25:5 - remove wicked officials from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established through righteousness.
- Proverbs 29:4 - By justice a king gives a country stability, but those who are greedy for bribes tear it down.
- Ecclesiastes 10:17 - Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth and whose princes eat at a proper time— for strength and not for drunkenness.
- Isaiah 3:10 - Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.
- 2 Kings 23:25 - Neither before nor after Josiah was there a king like him who turned to the Lord as he did—with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, in accordance with all the Law of Moses.