KJV King 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Jeremiah 5:28
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
WEB World English Bible
They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excell in deeds of wickedness. They don’t plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don’t judge the right of the needy.
ASV American Standard Version
They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless—and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 5
25 Your iniquities have turned away these [things], and your sins have withholden good [things] from you.
26 For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
27 As a cage is full of birds, so [are] their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
28 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.
29 Shall I not visit for these [things]? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love [to have it] so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
שָׁמְנ֣וּH8080 · sha.manto grow fatעָשְׁת֗וּH6245 · a.shatto gleamגַּ֚םH1571 · gamalsoעָֽבְר֣וּH5674 · a.varto passדִבְרֵי־H1697 · da.varwordרָ֔עH7451 · rabad: harmfulדִּ֣יןH1779 · dinjudgmentלֹא־H3808 · lonotדָ֔נוּH1777 · dinto judgeדִּ֥יןH1779 · dinjudgmentיָת֖וֹםH3490 · ya.tomorphanוְיַצְלִ֑יחוּH6743 · tsa.lachto rushוּמִשְׁפַּ֥טH4941 · mish.patjustice: judgementאֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםH34 · ev.yonneedyלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotשָׁפָֽטוּ׃H8199 · sha.phatto judge
Cross-references
Isaiah 1:23Thy princes [are] rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered [with fatness]; then he forsook God [which] made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.Jeremiah 7:6[If] ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:Psalm 73:12Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.Zechariah 7:10And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.Job 12:6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly].Jeremiah 2:33Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.Ezekiel 5:6-7And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that [are] round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.Psalm 82:2-4How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.Job 21:23-24One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.Psalm 72:4He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.James 5:4-5Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.Ezekiel 16:47-52Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as [if that were] a very little [thing], thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.Amos 4:1Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that [are] in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.Psalm 73:6-7Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment.1 Corinthians 5:1It is reported commonly [that there is] fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.Job 29:12-14Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.Psalm 119:70Their heart is as fat as grease; [but] I delight in thy law.
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