Lamentations 3 · Verse 35

Lamentations 3:35

To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
Lamentations 3:35, King James Version

Lamentations 3:35 in other translations

BSBto deny a man justice before the Most High,
WEBto turn away the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
ASVTo turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
YLTTo turn aside the judgment of a man, Over-against the face of the Most High,
DARBYto turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
BBEIn his turning away the right of a man before the face of the Most High.
WebsterTo turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

What does Lamentations 3:35 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 3:34-36

34-36. This triplet has an infinitive in the beginning of each verse, the governing finite verb being in the end of La 3:36, "the Lord approveth not," which is to be repeated in each verse. Jeremiah here anticipates and answers the objections which the Jews might start, that it was by His connivance they were "crushed under the feet" of those who "turned aside the right of a man." God approves (literally, "seeth,"…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 35 To turn aside the right of a man - To make a man lose his right, because one of the higher orders opposes him. Dr. Blayney thinks that עליון elyon, instead of being referred to God, should be considered as pointing out one of the chief of the people. I do not see that we gain any thing by this. The evil fact is, turning aside the right of a man; and the aggravation of it is, doing it before the face of the Most High; that is, in a court of justice, where God is ever considered to be present.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Lamentations 3:21-36

Having stated his distress and temptation, the prophet shows how he was raised above it. Bad as things are, it is owing to the mercy of God that they are not worse. We should observe what makes for us, as well as what is against us. God's compassions fail not; of this we have fresh instances every morning. Portions on earth are perishing things, but God is a portion for ever. It is our duty, and will be our comfort…

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Lamentations 3:35 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לְהַטּוֹת֙le.ha.tOtto turn asideH5186
מִשְׁפַּט\־mish.pat-[the] justice ofH4941
גָּ֔בֶרGa.vera manH1397
נֶ֖גֶדNe.gedbeforeH5048
פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] presence ofH6440
עֶלְיֽוֹן\׃el.Yon[the] Most HighH5945

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
turn.
Ps 12:5; 140:12; Pr 17:15; 22:22; 23:10; Zec 1:15,16
the most High. or, a superior.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Lamentations 3:34

    To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

  • Lamentations 3:35

    To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

  • Lamentations 3:36

    To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

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Lamentations 3:35 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Hacer apartar el derecho del hombre ante la presencia del Altísimo,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		qu’on fasse fléchir le droit d’un homme devant la face du Très-haut,
German
Elberfelder 1871		das Recht eines Mannes beuge vor dem Angesicht des Höchsten,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ut declinaret judicium viri in conspectu vultus Altissimi.