Then I looked again at all the oppression that is done under the sun: And see! The tears of the oppressed, but they have no comforter; and power on the side of their oppressors, but they have no comforter.
Ecclesiastes 3:16 - The Scriptures 2009 Then again I saw under the sun: In the place of right-ruling, wrongness was there. And in the place of righteousness, wrongness was there. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice there was wickedness, and that in the place of righteousness wickedness was there also. American Standard Version (1901) And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there. Common English Bible I saw something else under the sun: in the place of justice, there was wickedness; and in the place of what was right, there was wickedness again! Catholic Public Domain Version I saw under the sun: instead of judgment, impiety, and instead of justice, iniquity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I saw under the sun in the place of judgment wickedness, and in the place of justice iniquity. |
Then I looked again at all the oppression that is done under the sun: And see! The tears of the oppressed, but they have no comforter; and power on the side of their oppressors, but they have no comforter.
For in much dreaming and many words there is futility. But fear Elohim.
If you see the oppression of the poor, and denial of right-ruling and righteousness in a province, do not be astonished at the matter. For a higher than the high is guarding, and there are higher ones over them.
All this I have seen; I applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: There is a time in which a man rules over a man for his evil.
And right-ruling is driven back, and righteousness stands far off. For truth has fallen in the street, and right is unable to enter.
And they coveted fields and seized them, also houses, and took them away. And they oppressed a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.
Both hands are on the evil, to do it well. The prince asks for gifts, the judge seeks a bribe, and the great man speaks the desire of his being. And they weave it together.
Her rulers in her midst are roaring lions, her judges are evening wolves, they shall leave no bone until morning.
And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council were seeking false witness against יהושע to put Him to death,
Then Sha’ul said to him, “Elohim is going to strike you, whitewashed wall! And do you sit judging me according to the Torah, and do you command me to be struck contrary to the Torah?”
But you have shown disrespect towards the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?