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Lamentations 3:36

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3:36to defraud a person in a lawsuit—

the Lord81 does not approve82 of such things!

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Footnotes

  1. 81 The reads אֲדֹנָי (’adonay, “the Lord”) here rather than יהוה (YHWH, “the Lord”). See the note at 1:14.
  2. 82 Heb “the Lord does not see.” The verb רָאָה (ra’ah, “to see”) is here used in reference to mental observation and approval: “to gaze at” with joy and pleasure (e.g., 2 Kgs 10:16; Mic 7:9; Jer 29:32; Isa 52:8; Job 20:17; 33:28; Pss 54:7; 106:5; 128:5; Son 3:11; 6:11; Eccl 2:1). If the line is parallel to the end of v. 35 then a circumstantial clause “the Lord not seeing” would be appropriate. The infinitives in 34–36 would then depend on the verbs in v. 33; see D. R. Hillers, Lamentations (), .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

to subvert a man in his lawsuit,

the Lord does not approve.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

to deprive them of justice—

would not the Lord see such things?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

or subverting a person in his lawsuit —

the Lord does not approve of these things.

NLTNew Living Translation

if they twist justice in the courts—

doesn’t the Lord see all these things?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

to subvert a person in a legal dispute

—the Lord has not found delight in these things.

KJV 1900King James Version

To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.