KJV King James Version
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
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Psalm 122:5
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.
WEB World English Bible
For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David’s house.
ASV American Standard Version
For there are set thrones for judgment, The thrones of the house of David.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For there have sat thrones of judgment, Thrones of the house of David.
Surrounding context — Psalm 122
2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
7 Peace be within thy walls, [and] prosperity within thy palaces.
8 For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace [be] within thee.
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Deuteronomy 17:8If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, [being] matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;2 Chronicles 19:8Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and [of] the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.2 Chronicles 11:22And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, [to be] ruler among his brethren: for [he thought] to make him king.2 Samuel 8:18And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.Deuteronomy 17:18And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of [that which is] before the priests the Levites:
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