Lamentations 3:35 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁵ when justice is perverted in the presence of the Most High,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁵ To turn aside the right of a man Before the face of the Most High,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁵ To turn aside and deprive a man of his rights before the face of the Most High or a superior [acting as God's representative],

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁵ To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

Common English Bible

³⁵ denying someone justice before the Most High,

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁵ LAMED. as if to turn aside the judgment of a man in the sight of the presence of the Most High,

Lamentations 3:35 Cross References

Psalm 140:12

I know that the Lord maintains the cause of the needy and executes justice for the poor.

Proverbs 17:15

One who justifies the wicked and one who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

Lamentations 3:34

When all the prisoners of the land are crushed under foot,

Deuteronomy 25:1

“Suppose two persons have a dispute and enter into litigation, and the judges decide between them, declaring one to be in the right and the other to be in the wrong.

Isaiah 10:2

to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, to make widows their spoil and to plunder orphans!

Daniel 5:18

As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar kingship, greatness, glory, and majesty.