Jeremiah 5:28
Jeremiah chapter 5 · verse 28 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611They 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They 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.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 29:12
Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.
- Job 21:23
One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet:
- Jeremiah 2:33
How trimmest thou thy way to seek love! therefore even the wicked women hast thou taught thy ways.
- Psalms 82:2
How long will ye judge unjustly, And respect the persons of the wicked? [Selah
- Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
- 1 Corinthians 5:1
It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that oneof you hath his father’s wife.