2 Chronicles 6:23
then Thou dost hear from the heavens, and hast done, and hast judged Thy servants, to give back to the wicked, to put his way on his head, and to declare righteous the righteous, to give to him according to his righteousness.This verse in the real world
In what words
- צָדַקtsâdaqto be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
- צְדָקָהtsᵉdâqâhrightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue)
- שָׁפַטshâphaṭto judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish
- צַדִּיקtsaddîyqjust
- רָשָׁעrâshâʻmorally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
- רֹאשׁrôʼshthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of
- דֶּרֶךְdereka road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Ezk 18:20, Rom 2:9–10, Jer 51:56, Pro 17:15, Isa 3:10–11, 2Ki 9:26, Psa 10:14, Num 5:27