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juj´ing, juj´ment: Often in the Old Testament for “to act as a magistrate†(; ; , etc.), justice being administered generally by “elders†(-27), or “kings†() or “priests†(); applied to God as the Supreme Judge (, ; ; ; , etc.; : “Yahweh ministereth judgment,†vividly describes a court scene, with Yahweh as Judge).
Often in the New Testament, ethically, for (1) “to decide,†“give a verdict,†“declare an opinion†(Greek krıÌnoÌ„); (2) “to investigate,†“scrutinize†(Greek anakrıÌnoÌ„); (3) “to discriminate,†“distinguish†(Greek diakrıÌnoÌ„). For (1), see ; ; for (2) see ; ; for (3) see ; m. Used also forensically in ; ; and applied to God in ; . The judgments of God are the expression of His justice, the formal declarations of His judgments, whether embodied in words ( the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) “statutesâ€), or deeds (; ), or in decisions that are yet to be published (). Man's consciousness of guilt inevitably associates God's judgments as declarations of the Divine justice, with his own condemnation, i.e. he knows that a strict exercise of justice means his condemnation, and thus “judgment†and “condemnation†become in his mind synonymous (); hence, the prayer of , “Enter not into judgmentâ€; also, , “the resurrection of judgment†(the King James Version “damnationâ€); , “eateth and drinketh judgment†(the King James Version “damnationâ€).