Habakkuk 1:4 - English Standard Version 2016 So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore the law is slackened and justice and a righteous sentence never go forth, for the [hostility of the] wicked surrounds the [uncompromisingly] righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted. Common English Bible The Instruction is ineffective. Justice does not endure because the wicked surround the righteous. Justice becomes warped. Catholic Public Domain Version Because of this, the law has been torn apart, and judgment does not persevere to its conclusion. For the impious prevail against the just. Because of this, a perverse judgment is issued. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore the law is torn in pieces, and judgment cometh not to the end: because the wicked prevaileth against the just, therefore wrong judgment goeth forth. |
And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.
For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet—
deliver me from those who work evil, and save me from bloodthirsty men.
for no fault of mine, they run and make ready. Awake, come to meet me, and see!
You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice,
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities:
Righteous are you, O Lord, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
For even your brothers and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; they are in full cry after you; do not believe them, though they speak friendly words to you.”
And when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, then the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold of him, saying, “You shall die!
Even the stork in the heavens knows her times, and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming, but my people know not the rules of the Lord.
Then he said to me, “The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice. For they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’
They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.
O you who turn justice to wormwood and cast down righteousness to the earth!
And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!
Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,
And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.