Jeremiah 12:1
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Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
In other translations
Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
Hebrew words
צַדִּיקtzadik[are] righteousH6662אַתָּה'atahyouH859יְהוָהyahwehO YahwehH3068כִּיkiifH3588אָרִיב'arivI bring a caseH7378אֵלֶיךָ'eleikhato youH413אַךְ'akhneverthelessH389מִשְׁפָּטִיםmishpatimjudgmentsH4941אֲדַבֵּר'adaberI will speakH1696אוֹתָךְ'otakhwith <the> youH854מַדּוּעַmadua'why?H4069דֶּרֶךְderekh[the] way ofH1870רְשָׁעִיםresha'imwicked [people]H7563צָלֵחָהtzalechahdoes it prosperH6743שָׁלוּshaluare they at ease?H7951כָּל־kol-allH3605בֹּגְדֵיbogedei[those who] act treacherously ofH898בָגֶד׃vagedtreacheryH899
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Malachi 3:15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
- Psalm 92:7When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
- Psalm 37:1Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
- Psalm 51:4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.
- Psalm 37:35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
- Psalm 73:3-283 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. 5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed. 5 They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men. 6 Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
- Daniel 9:7O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.
- Psalm 94:3-43 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? 4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?3 How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult? 4 They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
- Habakkuk 1:4Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
- Zephaniah 3:5The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.
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