Lamentations 3:36

Lamentations 3:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
• New International Version (NIV)to deprive them of justice— would not the Lord see such things?
• English Standard Version (ESV)to subvert a man in his lawsuit, the Lord does not approve.
• New Living Translation (NLT)if they twist justice in the courts— doesn’t the Lord see all these things?

Context of Lamentations 3:36

34To crush under one’s feet All the prisoners of the earth, 35To turn aside the justice due a man Before the face of the Most High, Or subvert a man in his cause— The Lord does not approve. 37Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, When the Lord has not commanded it? 38Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That woe and well-being proceed?

Lamentations 3:36 word by word

לְעַוֵּ֤ת אָדָם֙ בְּרִיב֔וֹ אֲדֹנָ֖י לֹ֥א רָאָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• To subvertעָוַת‛âvath · to pervertH5791
• a manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• in his causeרִיבrîyb rib · strifeH7379
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• approvethרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: selectH7200

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:36

• 2 Samuel 11:27And when her 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 59:15So truth fails, And he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Then the Lord saw it, and it displeased Him That there was no justice.
• Habakkuk 1:13You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, And cannot look on wickedness. Why do You look on those who deal treacherously, And hold Your tongue when the wicked devours A person more righteous than he?

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36To subvert a man in his cause - To prevent his having justice done him in a lawsuit, etc., by undue interference, as by suborning false witnesses, or exerting any kind of influence in opposition to truth and right. - Blayney. The Lord approved not - Instead of אדני Adonai, seventeen MSS., of Kennicott's, and one ancient of my own, have יהוה Yehovah . Approveth not, ראה לא lo raah, doth not see, turns away his face from it, abhors it.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34-36Verses 34-36 Neither does God approve of wanton cruelty inflicted by one man on another. Three examples are given: the treatment of prisoners of war; the procuring an unjust sentence before a legal tribunal acting in the name of God (see Exodus 21:6); and the perversion of justice generally.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-36Verses 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 and satisfaction, to hope…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 34-36The people of Judah were doing such things before Jerusalem was destroyed (see Jeremiah 5:26–31; 21:11–14; 23:10–14; Micah 3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 34-3634-36. 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," Ha 1:13; so "behold," "look on," that is…Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 3:36

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Injustice
• Justice

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Commentaries on Lamentations 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings