Lamentations 3:36
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
Lamentations 3:36 in other translations
| BSB | to subvert a man in his lawsuit— of these the Lord does not approve. |
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| WEB | to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn’t approve. |
| ASV | To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not. |
| YLT | To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved. |
| DARBY | to wrong a man in his cause, — will not the Lord see it? |
| BBE | In his doing wrong to a man in his cause, the Lord has no pleasure. |
| Webster | To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not. |
What does Lamentations 3:36 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,"…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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…
Lamentations 3:36 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Lamentations 3:36
- Isaiah 59:15
Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
- Habakkuk 1:13
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
- Jeremiah 22:3
Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
- 2 Samuel 11:27
And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.
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Context
- 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.
- Lamentations 3:37
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
Lamentations 3:36 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Trastornar al hombre en su causa, el Señor no lo sabe. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | qu’on fasse tort à un homme dans sa cause, le Seigneur ne le voit-il point? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | einem Menschen Unrecht tue in seiner Streitsache: Sollte der Herr nicht darauf achten? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ut perverteret hominem in judicio suo; Dominus ignoravit. |