Lamentations 3:36
Strong's Lexicon
to subvert
לְעַוֵּ֤ת (lə·‘aw·wêṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5791: 1) to be bent, be crooked, bend, make crooked, pervert 1a)(Piel) 1a1) to make crooked, falsify, pervert, subvert 1a2) to bend, make crooked 1b) (Pual) thing bent (participle) 1c) (Hithpael) to bend oneself

a man
אָדָם֙ (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: 1) man, mankind 1a) man, human being 1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT) 1c) Adam, first man 1d) city in Jordan valley

in his lawsuit—
בְּרִיב֔וֹ (bə·rî·ḇōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7379: 1) strife, controversy, dispute 1a) strife, quarrel 1b) dispute, controversy, case at law

of these the Lord
אֲדֹנָ֖י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 136: 1) my lord, lord 1a) of men 1b) of God 2) Lord-title, spoken in place of Yahweh in Jewish display of reverence

does not
לֹ֥א ()
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

approve.
רָאָֽה׃ (rā·’āh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to see 1a2) to see, perceive 1a3) to see, have vision 1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out 1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish 1a6) to look at, gaze at 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to appear, present oneself 1b2) to be seen 1b3) to be visible 1c) (Pual) to be seen 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to see, show 1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be caused to see, be shown 1e2) to be exhibited to 1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
to subvert a man in his lawsuit— of these the Lord does not approve.

Young's Literal Translation
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
or suppressing a person’s lawsuit — the Lord does not approve of these things.

New American Standard Bible
To defraud a man in his lawsuit-- Of these things the Lord does not approve.

King James Bible
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
to deprive them of justice-- would not the Lord see such things?

New Living Translation
if they twist justice in the courts--doesn't the Lord see all these things?

English Standard Version
to subvert a man in his lawsuit, the Lord does not approve.

New American Standard Bible
To defraud a man in his lawsuit-- Of these things the Lord does not approve.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
or suppressing a person's lawsuit-- the Lord does not approve of these things.

International Standard Version
When a man is thwarted in his appeal, does the Lord condone it?

NET Bible
to defraud a person in a lawsuit--the Lord does not approve of such things!

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved.
















Cross References
Jeremiah 22:3
Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

Habakkuk 1:13
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?

Lamentations 1:1
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!

Lamentations 3:35
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

Lamentations 3:34
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

Lamentations 3:33
For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.

Lamentations 3:37
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

Lamentations 3:38
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

Lamentations 3:39
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
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