and they have transgressed [the rule of] judgment; they have not judged the cause of the orphan, nor have they judged the cause of the widow.
GNV
Jeremiah 5:28
They are waxen fat and shining: they doe ouerpasse the deedes of the wicked: they execute no iudgement, no not the iudgement of the fatherlesse: yet they prosper, though they execute no iudgement for the poore.
Parallel Translations
and they have transgressed [the rule of] judgment; they have not judged the cause of the orphan, nor have they judged the cause of the widow.
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.
They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They don’t plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don’t defend the rights of the needy.
Cross References
Isaiah 1:23Deuteronomy 32:15Zechariah 7:10Jeremiah 7:6Psalms 73:12Ezekiel 5:6–7Job 29:12–14Job 21:23–24Job 15:27–28Jeremiah 2:33Jeremiah 12:1Psalms 119:70Job 12:61 Corinthians 5:1Amos 4:1
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