(Romans 2:13-16) Hammurabi, an ancient Babylonian lawgiver, prefaced his law code as follows: “At that time [they] named me to promote the welfare of the people, me, Hammurabi, the devout, god-fearing prince, to cause justice to prevail in the land, to destroy the wicked and the evil, that the strong might not oppress the weak.”
Hammoerabi, ’n eertydse Babiloniese wetgewer, het sy wetkode soos volg ingelei: “Op daardie tyd het [hulle] my benoem om die welsyn van die volk te bevorder, ek, Hammoerabi, die vroom, godvresende prins, om regverdigheid te laat bloei in die land, om die goddeloses en die boosdoeners te vernietig, sodat die sterke nie die swakke verdruk nie.”jw2019 jw2019