Parallel Verses
NET Bible
You have seen the wrong done to me, O Lord; pronounce judgment on my behalf!
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
Holman Bible
judge my case.
International Standard Version
LORD, you observed how I have been wronged; now make your ruling in my case.
A Conservative Version
O LORD, thou have seen my wrong. Judge thou my cause.
American Standard Version
O Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong; judge thou my cause.
Amplified
O Lord, You have seen the wrong [done to me];
Judge my case.
Bible in Basic English
O Lord, you have seen my wrong; be judge in my cause.
Darby Translation
Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou sawest, O Jehovah, my bowing down: judge thou my judgment
King James 2000
O LORD, you have seen my wrong: judge you my cause.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You have seen my injustice, O Yahweh; judge my case.
Modern King James verseion
O Jehovah, You have seen my wrong; judge my cause.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O LORD, thou hast seen my blasphemers; take thou my cause upon thee.
New Heart English Bible
LORD, you have seen the wrong done to me; judge my case.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou hast beheld, O Yahweh, my failure to get justice, Pronounce thou my sentence;
Webster
O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
World English Bible
Yahweh, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, my overthrow, Judge Thou my cause.
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 3:59
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Affliction
58 (Resh) O Lord, you championed my cause, you redeemed my life. 59 You have seen the wrong done to me, O Lord; pronounce judgment on my behalf! 60 You have seen all their vengeance, all their plots against me.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 26:1
By David. Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have integrity, and I trust in the Lord without wavering.
Psalm 35:23
Rouse yourself, wake up and vindicate me! My God and Lord, defend my just cause!
Psalm 43:1
Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me against an ungodly nation! Deliver me from deceitful and evil men!
Genesis 31:42
If the God of my father -- the God of Abraham, the one whom Isaac fears -- had not been with me, you would certainly have sent me away empty-handed! But God saw how I was oppressed and how hard I worked, and he rebuked you last night."
Psalm 9:4
For you defended my just cause; from your throne you pronounced a just decision.
Psalm 35:1
By David. O Lord, fight those who fight with me! Attack those who attack me!
Jeremiah 11:19-21
Before this I had been like a docile lamb ready to be led to the slaughter. I did not know they were making plans to kill me. I did not know they were saying, "Let's destroy the tree along with its fruit! Let's remove Jeremiah from the world of the living so people will not even be reminded of him any more."
Jeremiah 15:10
I said, "Oh, mother, how I regret that you ever gave birth to me! I am always starting arguments and quarrels with the people of this land. I have not lent money to anyone and I have not borrowed from anyone. Yet all of these people are treating me with contempt."
Jeremiah 18:18-23
Then some people said, "Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God's word. Come on! Let's bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says."
Jeremiah 20:7-10
Lord, you coerced me into being a prophet, and I allowed you to do it. You overcame my resistance and prevailed over me. Now I have become a constant laughingstock. Everyone ridicules me.
Jeremiah 37:1-21
Zedekiah son of Josiah succeeded Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim as king. He was elevated to the throne of the land of Judah by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.
1 Peter 2:23
When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly.