Lamentations 3:36 BSB

Lamentations 3:36

to subvert a man in his lawsuit—of these the Lord does not approve.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

⋯

Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

To 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, לא ראה lo raah, doth not see, turns away his face from it, abhors it.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

If men injure them under colour of law, and in the pretended administration of justice,--if they turn aside the right of a man, so that he cannot discover what his rights are or cannot come at them, they are out of his reach,--if they subvert a man in his cause, and bring in a wrong verdict, or give a false judgment, let them know, (1.) That God sees them.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לְעַוֵּ֤ת	le.'a.Vet	to subvert	H5791 →
אָדָם֙	'a.Dam	anyone	H120 →
בְּרִיב֔וֹ	be.ri.Vo	in case at law his	H7379 →
אֲדֹנָ֖י	'a.do.Nai	[the] Lord	H136 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
רָאָֽה׃ ס	ra.'Ah	he has seen	H7200 →

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Habakkuk 1:13
Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than…
leads to
- Psalms 5:4–5
  For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.
- Psalms 34:15–16
  The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
- Jeremiah 12:1–2
  Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live…
Through
Jeremiah 22:3
This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.…
leads to
- Jeremiah 21:12
  O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire…
- Jeremiah 22:17
  “But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
- Micah 6:8
  He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
- James 1:27
  Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
Through
Isaiah 59:15
Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
leads to
- Micah 7:2
  The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.

Featured studies on this passage

On Lamentations 3:36

Great Is Thy Faithfulness: Lamentations 3:22–24 · MannaFest

Open the study →

On Lamentations 3:36

The Weeping Prophet — the Confessions of Jeremiah

Open the study →

Walks through Lamentations 3

Acrostics: From Aleph to Taw

Open the study →

Walks through Lamentations 3

The Fruit of the Spirit

Galatians 5:22–23 names a singular fruit (karpos, not fruits) with nine visible facets. Gifts are distributed; fruit is unified. Every believer bears the whole fruit. The grammar is the theology.

Open the study →

Walks through Lamentations 3

Lamentations — the Study Guide

Open the study →

Walks through Lamentations 3

The Yoke

Open the study →

About Lamentations

People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Lamentations: the study guide →Read chapter 3 →The featured study →

Continue: Lamentations 3 →

01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Lamentations

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Lamentations