The Prophet’s Hope
Lamentations 3:36
In 11 translations
- BSB
- to subvert a man in his lawsuit— of these the Lord does not approve.
- KJV
- To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.approveth not: or, seeth not
- WEB
- to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn’t approve.
- ASV
- To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
- LSV
- To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord has not approved.
- YLT
- To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved.
- DBY
- to wrong a man in his cause, — will not the Lord see it?
- DRC
- Lamed. To destroy a man wrongfully in his judgment, the Lord hath not approved.
- GNV
- In subuerting a man in his cause: the Lord seeth it not.
- JPS
- To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
- LXXE
- to condemn a man unjustly in his judgment, the Lord has not given commandment.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- לְעַוֵּ֤ת אָדָם֙ בְּרִיב֔וֹ אֲדֹנָ֖י לֹ֥א רָאָֽה׃
- LXX-Br
- καταδικάσαι ἄνθρωπον ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαι αὐτὸν, Κύριος οὐκ εἶπε.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Isaiah 59:15Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
- Habakkuk 1:13Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
- 2 Samuel 11:27And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 22:3This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed…
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