Lamentations 3:36
34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
- 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.
- DARBY
- to wrong a man in his cause, will not the Lord see it?
- BLB
- to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord does not approve.
- ÅB
- eller gjør en mann urett i hans sak - mon Herren ikke ser det?
- OTB
- Å bedra noen i deres rettssak—disse tingene godkjenner ikke Herren.
- B1930
- eller gjør en mann urett i hans sak - mon Herren ikke ser det?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 59:15
Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
Read in contextHabakkuk 1:13
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
Read in contextJeremiah 22:3
Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Read in context2 Samuel 11:27
And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
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