Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
2 You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
3 But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
- KJV
- Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
- WEB
- You are righteous, LORD, when I contend with you; yet I would like to plead a case with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they all at ease who deal very treacherously?
- ASV
- Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?
- DARBY
- Righteous art thou, Jehovah, when I plead with thee; yet will I speak with thee of [thy] judgments. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?
- BLB
- Righteous [are] You, O YHWH, when I plead before You; yet I will speak with You of judgments. Why [does] the way of the wicked prosper? [Why] do they find repose, all who deal so treacherously treacherously?
- ÅB
- Herre, når jeg fører trette med deg, har du alltid rett. Allikevel må jeg gå i rette med deg: Hvorfor går det de ugudelige vel, hvorfor har de ingen sorger alle de troløse?
- OTB
- Du er rettferdig, Herre, når jeg fremfører min sak for deg; likevel ønsker jeg å diskutere rettferdighetsspørsmål med deg: Hvorfor lykkes de ugudeliges vei? Hvorfor lever de som handler svikefullt i ro?
- B1930
- Herre, når jeg fører trette med dig, har du alltid rett. Allikevel må jeg gå i rette med dig: Hvorfor går det de ugudelige vel, hvorfor har de ingen sorger alle de troløse?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Malachi 3:15
So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
Read in contextPsalms 92:7
that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
Read in contextPsalms 37:1
Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
Read in contextPsalms 73:3–28
For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Read in contextPsalms 37:35
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
Read in contextPsalms 51:4
Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.
Read in contextPsalms 94:3–4
How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
Read in contextDaniel 9:7
To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.
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