◄ Lamentations 3:36 ►
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Good News Translation
When justice is perverted in court, he knows.

New Revised Standard Version
when one’s case is subverted —does the Lord not see it?

Contemporary English Version
and he knows when you refuse to give someone a fair trial.

New American Bible
Or subverts a person’s lawsuit— does the Lord not see?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Lamed. To destroy a man wrongfully in his judgment, the Lord hath not approved.

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Lamed. To destroy a man wrongfully in his judgment, the Lord hath not approved.

the Lord

2 Samuel 11:27 And the mourning being over, David sent and brought her into his house, and she became his wife, and she bore him a son: and this thing which David had done, was displeasing to the Lord.

Isaiah 59:15 And truth hath been forgotten: and he that departed from evil, lay open to be a prey: and the Lord saw, and it appeared evil in his eyes, because there is no judgment.

Habakkuk 1:13 Thy eyes are too pure to behold evil, and thou canst not look on iniquity. Why lookest thou upon them that do unjust things, and holdest thy peace when the wicked devoureth the man that is more just than himself?

approveth.

Context
Jeremiah's Hope
…35Lamed. To turn aside the judgment of a man before the face of the most High, 36Lamed. To destroy a man wrongfully in his judgment, the Lord hath not approved.
Cross References
Jeremiah 22:3
Thus saith the Lord: Execute judgment and justice, and deliver him that is oppressed out of the hand of the oppressor: and afflict not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, nor oppress them unjustly: and shed not innocent blood in this place.

Habakkuk 1:13
Thy eyes are too pure to behold evil, and thou canst not look on iniquity. Why lookest thou upon them that do unjust things, and holdest thy peace when the wicked devoureth the man that is more just than himself?

Lamentations 3:35
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