who declare right the wrong for a bribe, and the righteousness of the righteous they turn aside from him!
James 5:6 - The Scriptures 2009 You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous – he does not resist you. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You have condemned and have murdered the righteous (innocent man), [while] he offers no resistance to you. American Standard Version (1901) Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous one; he doth not resist you. Common English Bible You have condemned and murdered the righteous one, who doesn’t oppose you. Catholic Public Domain Version You led away and killed the Just One, and he did not resist you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You have condemned and put to death the Just One, and he resisted you not. |
who declare right the wrong for a bribe, and the righteousness of the righteous they turn aside from him!
He was oppressed and He was afflicted, but He did not open His mouth. He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, but He did not open His mouth.
“But when the farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and let us possess his inheritance.’
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds that they should ask for Barabba and to destroy יהושע.
but I say to you, do not resist the wicked. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.
“And he said, ‘The Elohim of our fathers has appointed you to know His desire, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear the voice from His mouth.
“Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who before announced the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers,
And the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to slaughter, and like a lamb silent before its shearer, so He opened not His mouth.
“But the righteous shall live by belief, but if anyone draws back, my being has no pleasure in him.”
But you have shown disrespect towards the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?
You desire, and do not have. You murder, and are jealous, and are unable to obtain. You strive and fight, and you do not possess, because you do not ask.
And if the righteous one is scarcely saved, where shall the wicked and the sinner appear?