Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
They have become fat, they shine. Yes, they go past the deeds of the wicked; they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may get rich; and they do not judge the right of the needy.
New American Standard Bible
They also
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the
And they do not
King James Version
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Holman Bible
They have also excelled in evil matters.
They have not taken up cases,
such as the case of the fatherless, so they might prosper,
and they have not defended the rights of the needy.
International Standard Version
and have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to their evil deeds. They don't argue the case of the orphan to secure justice. They don't defend the rights of the poor.
A Conservative Version
They have grown fat. They shine. Yea, they overflow in deeds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper. And they do not judge the right of the needy.
American Standard Version
They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Amplified
‘They are fat and they are sleek (prosperous),
They
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the orphan, so that they [the wicked] may prosper,
And they do not defend the rights of the poor.
Bible in Basic English
They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.
Darby Translation
They are become fat, they shine, yea, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge.
Julia Smith Translation
They became fat, they shone: they passed over words of evil: they judged not judgment, the judgment of the orphan, and they will give success; and the judgment of the needy they judged not.
King James 2000
They have grown fat, they shine: yea, they pass over the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not defend.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They have grown fat, they have grown sleek, also, {their evil deeds have no limit}. They do not judge [with] justice, [the] legal cause of [the] orphan, or allow it to succeed, and [the] legal case of [the] poor, they do not defend.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
hereof are they fat and wealthy, and are run away from me with shameful blasphemies. They minister not the law, they make no end of the fatherless cause, they judge not the poor according to equity.
NET Bible
That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.
New Heart English Bible
They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they do not judge the right of the needy.
The Emphasized Bible
They have waxed fat, they shine Yea they have overpassed the records of wickedness. The right, have they not determined, the right of the fatherless that they might prosper, - Yea justice to the helpless, have they not decreed.
Webster
They have become fat, they shine: yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
World English Bible
They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excell in deeds of wickedness. They don't plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don't judge the right of the needy.
Youngs Literal Translation
They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless -- and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged.
Themes
Deceit » Evil of » Leads to pride and oppression
Deceit » Leads » To pride and oppression
Fatherless » The wicked » Judge not for
Fatherless » God will » Punish those who judge not
Fulness » Spiritual » Warnings against worldly fulness
Prosperity » Perils of » Warnings against worldly fulness
Prosperity » Of the wicked, general references to
Sin » Increment of » Seen in the history of israel
Sin » Progressive » Seen in the history of israel
Sins » Increment » Seen in the history of israel
Interlinear
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Tsalach
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 5:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
27 Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and grown rich. 28 They have become fat, they shine. Yes, they go past the deeds of the wicked; they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may get rich; and they do not judge the right of the needy. 29 Shall I not visit for these things? says Jehovah. Shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked. You grew fat, thick, and satisfied. Then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Isaiah 1:23
your rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves; everyone loves a bribe, and is pursuing rewards; they do not judge the orphan, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.
Zechariah 7:10
And do not crush the widow or the orphan, the alien or the poor. And do not devise evil in your heart, of a man against his brother.
Psalm 73:12
Behold, these are the ungodly, who are at ease in the world; they increase in riches.
Jeremiah 7:6
if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your hurt;
Job 12:6
The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, in whatever God brings to their hand.
Job 15:27-28
because he has covered his face with fat; he has put fat on his loins.
Job 21:23-24
One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
Job 29:12-14
For I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.
Psalm 72:4
He shall judge the poor of the people; He shall save the children of the needy, and shall crush in pieces the cruel one.
Psalm 73:6-7
Therefore pride enchains them; violence covers them like a robe.
Psalm 82:2-4
How long will you judge unjustly and lift up the faces of the wicked? Selah.
Psalm 119:70
Their heart is without feeling, like fat; but I delight in Your Law.
Jeremiah 2:33
Why did you trim your way to seek love? Therefore you have also taught the evil women your ways.
Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous are You, O Jehovah, that I might contend with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal treacherously?
Jeremiah 22:15-19
Do you reign, because you lust to excel in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.
Ezekiel 5:6-7
And she has changed My judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and defiled My Laws more than the countries that are all around her; for they have rejected My judgments and My Laws; they have not walked in them.
Ezekiel 16:47-52
Yet you have not walked according to their ways, nor done according to their hateful deeds; but, as if it were a very little thing, you were corrupted more than they were in all your ways.
Amos 4:1
Hear this Word, cows of Bashan who are in the mountain of Samaria; who press down the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters, Bring in, that we may drink.
1 Corinthians 5:1
On the whole it is reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even named among the nations, so as one to have his father's wife.
James 5:4-5
Behold, the hire of the laborers reaping your fields cry out, being kept back by you. And the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.