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Jeremiah 5:28

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28‘They are afat, they are sleek;

They also 1excel in deeds of evil;

They do not plead the cause,

The cause of the 2borphan, that they may succeed;

And they do not 3render justice for the poor.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or overlook deeds; lit pass over
  2. 2Or fatherless
  3. 3Lit judge

Cross references

  1. aDeut 32:15
  2. bIs 1:23; Jer 7:6; 22:3; Zech 7:10

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

they have grown fat and sleek.

They know no bounds in deeds of evil;

they judge not with justice

the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper,

and they do not defend the rights of the needy.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and have grown fat and sleek.

Their evil deeds have no limit;

they do not seek justice.

They do not promote the case of the fatherless;

they do not defend the just cause of the poor.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They have become fat and sleek.

They have also excelled in evil matters.

They have not taken up cases,

such as the case of the fatherless, so they might prosper,

and they have not defended the rights of the needy.

NLTNew Living Translation

They are fat and sleek,

and there is no limit to their wicked deeds.

They refuse to provide justice to orphans

and deny the rights of the poor.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They have grown fat,

they have grown sleek,

also, their evil deeds have no limit.

They do not judge with justice,

the legal cause of the orphan,

or allow it to succeed,

and the legal case of the poor,

they do not defend.

KJV 1900King James Version

They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.