H4941

• {"n":"mishpat","s":"Justice, judgment, the right ordering of things, and also a legal decision.","u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/bible-translation-differences\/#id=mishpat","r":"Micah 6:8","b":[{"l":"How modern translations read it","t":"Versions read justice, judgment, or ordinance."},{"l":"First, in plain English","t":"**He has good judgment.** **The judgment went against him.** English keeps both the faculty and the verdict in one word."},{"l":"What you are seeing","t":"Mishpat is from the verb to judge, and covers a legal ruling, the practice of justice, and the settled order that results. Paired with tsedaqah it is one of the standard prophetic demands."},{"l":"Why translators split","t":"English judgment leans toward condemnation, so a demand to do mishpat reads as a demand to condemn rather than to put right."},{"l":"The rule to carry away","t":"When two words appear as a fixed pair in the Prophets, study them together. They function as one demand."},{"l":"Choosing between them","t":"Justice dominates modern versions; the King James often reads judgment."},{"l":"The word","t":"\u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05e4\u05b8\u05bc\u05d8 mishpat \u00b7 H4941"}],"src":["mishpat with tsedaqah: Amos 5:24; Isaiah 5:7","Micah 6:8","mishpatim as case laws: Exodus 21:1"]}