who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!
James 5:6 - English Standard Version 2016 You have condemned and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.
But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.’
Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.
But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
And he said, ‘The God of our fathers appointed you to know his will, to see the Righteous One and to hear a voice from his mouth;
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,
Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he opens not his mouth.
but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”
But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court?
You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.
And “If the righteous is scarcely saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”