Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
to subvert a person in a legal dispute --the Lord has not found delight [in these things].
New American Standard Bible
Of these things the Lord does not
King James Version
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
Holman Bible
the Lord does not approve of these things.
International Standard Version
When a man is thwarted in his appeal, does the Lord condone it?
A Conservative Version
to subvert a man in his cause, LORD does not approve.
American Standard Version
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
Amplified
To defraud a man in his lawsuit—
The Lord does not approve of these things.
Bible in Basic English
In his doing wrong to a man in his cause, the Lord has no pleasure.
Darby Translation
to wrong a man in his cause, will not the Lord see it?
Julia Smith Translation
To pervert a man in his contention Jehovah saw not
King James 2000
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approves not.
Modern King James verseion
to pervert a man in his cause. This, Jehovah does not see.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
To condemn a man in his cause; The LORD hath no pleasure in such things.
NET Bible
to defraud a person in a lawsuit -- the Lord does not approve of such things!
New Heart English Bible
to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord does not approve.
The Emphasized Bible
To oppress a son of earth in his cause, My Lord, hath made no provision.
Webster
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
World English Bible
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn't approve.
Youngs Literal Translation
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 3:36
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Affliction
35 {to deprive one of justice} before the face of the Most High; 36 to subvert a person in a legal dispute --the Lord has not found delight [in these things]. 37 {Who can speak} and it will happen [if] the Lord has not commanded [it]?
Cross References
Habakkuk 1:13
Your eyes [are] too pure to see evil, and you are not able to look at wrongdoing. Why do you look at the treacherous? [Why] are you silent when the wicked swallows up [someone] more righteous than him?
2 Samuel 11:27
When the mourning [was] over, David sent and brought her to his household, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing which David had done [was] evil in the eyes of Yahweh.
Isaiah 59:15
and truth is missing, and he who turns aside from evil [is] plundered. And Yahweh saw, and it was displeasing in his eyes that there was no justice
Jeremiah 22:3
Thus says Yahweh, "Act [with] justice and righteousness, and deliver [the] one who has been seized from the hand of [the] oppressor. And you must not oppress [the] immigrant, [the] orphan, and [the] widow. And you must not shed innocent blood in this place.