Lamentations 3:36 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.”

Lamentations 3:36 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Lamentations 3:36 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Lamentations 3:36 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Lamentations 3:36 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn’t approve.”

Lamentations 3:36 — World English Bible

Lamentations 3:36 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not. ”

Lamentations 3:36 — American Standard Version

Lamentations 3:36 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved.”

Lamentations 3:36 — Young's Literal Translation

Lamentations 3:36 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“to wrong a man in his cause, — will not the Lord see it? ”

Lamentations 3:36 — Darby Translation

Lamentations 3:36 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“In subuerting a man in his cause: the Lord seeth it not.”

Lamentations 3:36 — Geneva Bible

Lamentations 3:36 in Context — Lamentations 3

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

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

36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

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

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

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What Does Lamentations 3:36 Mean?

Lamentations 3:36 is a verse from the Book of Lamentations, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Lamentations chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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