Lamentations 3:35

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

To turn aside the right of a man, before the face of the Most High;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
denying justice to a manin the presence of the Most High,

Hebrew Names Version
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of Ha`Elyon,

King James Version
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

English Standard Version
to deny a man justice in the presence of the Most High,

New American Standard Bible
To deprive a man of justice In the presence of the Most High,

New Century Version
he sees if someone is treated unfairly before the Most High God;

Amplified Bible
To deprive a man of justice In the presence of the Most High,

World English Bible
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

Geneva Bible (1587)
In ouerthrowing the right of a man before the face of the most high,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
To deprive a man of justice In the presence of the Most High,

Legacy Standard Bible
To deprive a man of justiceIn the presence of the Most High,

Berean Standard Bible
to deny a man justice before the Most High,

Contemporary English Version
or cheat anyone out of what is rightfully theirs. God Most High sees everything,

Complete Jewish Bible
when anyone deprives a person of justice, in defiance of the Most High;

Darby Translation
to turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

Easy-to-Read Version
He does not like anyone to be unfair to another person. Some people will do such things right in front of God Most High.

George Lamsa Translation
To turn aside the right of a man toward the face of the Most High.

Good News Translation
He knows when we are denied the rights he gave us;

Lexham English Bible
to deprive one of justice before the face of the Most High;

Literal Translation
to turn aside the justice of a man before the face of the Most High,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
To moue the iudgment of man before the most highest.

American Standard Version
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

Bible in Basic English
In his turning away the right of a man before the face of the Most High.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

King James Version (1611)
To turne aside the right of a man before the face of the most high,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
To moue the iudgement of man before the most highest,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
to turn aside the judgment of a man before the face of the Most High,

English Revised Version
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
That he schulde bowe doun the dom of man, in the siyt of the cheer of the hiyeste.

Update Bible Version
To turn aside the right of a [noble] man before the face of the Most High,

Webster's Bible Translation
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

New English Translation
to deprive a person of his rights in the presence of the Most High,

New King James Version
To turn aside the justice due a man Before the face of the Most High,

New Living Translation
if they deprive others of their rights in defiance of the Most High,

New Life Bible
The Most High is not pleased when the rights are kept away from a man who is before Him,

New Revised Standard
when human rights are perverted in the presence of the Most High,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Lamed. To turn aside the judgment of a man before the face of the most High,

Revised Standard Version
to turn aside the right of a man in the presence of the Most High,

Young's Literal Translation
To turn aside the judgment of a man, Over-against the face of the Most High,

Contextual Overview

²¹ This, will I bring back to my heart, therefore, will I hope. ²² The lovingkindnesses of Yahweh, verily they are not exhausted, Verily! not at an end, are his compassions: ²³ New things for the mornings! Abundant is thy faithfulness: ²⁴ My portion, is Yahweh, saith my soul, For this cause, will I wait for him. ²⁵ Good is Yahweh, to them who wait for him, to the soul that will seek him; ²⁶ Good it is - both to wait and to be silent, for the deliverance of Yahweh; ²⁷ Good it is for a man, that he should bear the yoke in his youth. ²⁸ Let him sit alone, and keep silence, because he took it upon himself: ²⁹ Let him put, in the dust, his mouth, peradventure, there is hope! ³⁰ Let him give, to him that smiteth him, his cheek, let him be sated with reproach.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

turn: Psalms 12:5, Psalms 140:12, Proverbs 17:15, Proverbs 22:22, Proverbs 23:10, Zechariah 1:15, Zechariah 1:16

the most High: or, a superior

Reciprocal: Isaiah 10:2 - turn aside Daniel 5:18 - the most

Gill's Notes on the Bible

To turn aside the right of a man,.... The Targum is, of a poor man; not to do him justice in a court of judicature; to cause judgment to incline to the wrong side; to give the cause against a man, to give a wrong sentence; this is disapproved of by the Lord, and forbidden by him:

before the face of the most High; either before the most high God, he being present and among the gods, the judges, when they pass sentence; and yet, to pass a wrong one in his presence, without any regard to him, or fear of him, must be provoking to him: or, "before a superior" f, as some render it; before a judge that sits upon the bench; endeavouring by unjust charges, wrong pleas, and false witnesses, to deprive a man of his right; see Ecclesiastes 5:8.

f נגד פני עליון "coram facie superioris", Junius & Tremellius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Neither does God approve of wanton cruelty inflicted by one man on another. Three examples are given: the treatment of prisoners of war; the procuring an unjust sentence before a legal tribunal acting in the name of God (see Exodus 21:6); and the perversion of justice generally.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 35. To turn aside the right of a man — To make a man lose his right, because one of the higher orders opposes him. Dr. Blayney thinks that עליון elyon, instead of being referred to God, should be considered as pointing out one of the chief of the people. I do not see that we gain any thing by this. The evil fact is, turning aside the right of a man; and the aggravation of it is, doing it before the face of the Most High; that is, in a court of justice, where God is ever considered to be present.