Jeremiah 22:15

Jeremiah 22:15 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

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.

15“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.

15Do 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.

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.

15Does it make you a king to excel22:15 Or because you enclose yourself in cedar?

Did not your father have food and drink?

He administered justice and righteousness,

and so it went well with him.

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.