KJV King James Version
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?
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Jeremiah 12:1
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?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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?
WEB World English Bible
You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?
ASV American Standard Version
Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Righteous art Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 12
1 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?
2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou [art] near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
3 But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
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צַדִּ֤יקH6662 · tsad.diqrighteousאַתָּה֙H859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)יְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforאָרִ֖יבH7378 · rivto contendאֵלֶ֑יךָH413 · elto(wards)אַ֤ךְH389 · akhsurelyמִשְׁפָּטִים֙H4941 · mish.patjustice: judgementאֲדַבֵּ֣רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakאוֹתָ֔ךְH854 · etwithמַדּ֗וּעַH4069 · mad.du.awhy?דֶּ֤רֶךְH1870 · de.rekhway: conductרְשָׁעִים֙H7563 · ra.sahwickedצָלֵ֔חָהH6743 · tsa.lachto rushשָׁל֖וּH7951 · sha.lahto prosperכָּל־H3605 · kolallבֹּ֥גְדֵיH898 · ba.gadto act treacherouslyבָֽגֶד׃H899 · be.gedtreachery
Cross-references
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.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:Psalm 37:1[A Psalm] of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.Psalm 37:35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.Psalm 73:3-28For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.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.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.Psalm 94:3-4LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?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.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.Job 21:7-15Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?Job 12:6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly].Jeremiah 11:20But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.Jeremiah 5:27-28As a cage is full of birds, so [are] their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.Habakkuk 1:13-17[Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth [the man that is] more righteous than he?Job 13:3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.Genesis 18:25That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?Jeremiah 5:11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.
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