Parallel Verses
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
to subvert a person in a legal dispute --the Lord has not found delight [in these things].
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 deny a man justice in the presence of the Most High,
36
Of these things the Lord does not
Cross References
Habakkuk 1:13
You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong, why do you idly look at traitors and remain silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?
2 Samuel 11:27
And when the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
Isaiah 59:15
Truth is lacking, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.The LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.
Jeremiah 22:3
Thus says the LORD: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.