Jeremiah 12:1

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

You are righteous, LORD, even when I bring my case to you. Yet I want to discuss your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those who betray others at ease?

Additional Resources

Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal very treacherously?

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    O Lorde, thou art more rightuous, then that I shulde dispute with the: Neuertheles, let me talke with the in thinges reasonable. How happeneth it, that the waye off the vngodly is so prosperous? and that it goeth so wel with them, which (with out eny shame) offede and lyue in wickednesse?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    O Lorde, if I dispute with thee, thou art righteous: yet let mee talke with thee of thy iudgements: wherefore doeth the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they in wealth that rebelliously transgresse?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    O Lorde thou art more righteous, then that I shoulde dispute with thee: neuerthelesse, let me talke with thee in thynges reasonable. Howe happeneth it that the way of the vngodly is so prosperous? and that it goeth so well with them which without any shame offend and liue in wickednesse,

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Righteous are you, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet would I reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Righteous `art' Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    LORD, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. Why are wicked people successful? Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?

Referenced Verses

  • Job 12:6 : 6 "The tents of robbers are at ease, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their own hand."
  • Mal 3:15 : 15 Now we call the proud blessed, for those who do evil prosper, and those who test God escape.'
  • Ps 37:1 : 1 Do not fret because of evildoers, and do not envy those who commit injustice.
  • Ps 51:4 : 4 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
  • Ps 92:7 : 7 A senseless person does not know, and a fool does not understand this:
  • Ps 94:3-4 : 3 How long, LORD, will the wicked, how long will the wicked exult? 4 They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers boast.
  • Ps 37:35 : 35 I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a luxuriant native tree.
  • Job 13:3 : 3 But I desire to speak to the Almighty, and I wish to reason with God.
  • Job 21:7-9 : 7 Why do the wicked live on, grow old, and increase in power? 8 Their children are established in their presence, and their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their homes are safe from fear, and no rod of God is upon them. 10 Their bulls breed without failure; their cows give birth and do not miscarry. 11 They release their young like a flock, and their children skip about. 12 They sing to the tambourine and lyre and rejoice to the sound of the flute. 13 They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol. 14 Yet they say to God, 'Depart from us! We have no desire to know your ways.' 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we profit if we entreat him?
  • Ezra 9:15 : 15 O Lord, the God of Israel, you are righteous! We are left with this remnant today. Here we are before you in our guilt, though no one can stand in your presence because of this.
  • Jer 5:11 : 11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been thoroughly unfaithful to Me, declares the Lord.
  • Jer 5:27-28 : 27 Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Because of this, they have become great and rich. 28 They have grown fat and sleek. They excel in evil deeds; they do not defend the rights of the fatherless so they might prosper, nor do they uphold the cause of the needy.
  • Jer 11:20 : 20 But, LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously and tests the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have presented my case to you.
  • Dan 9:7 : 7 Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but shame covers our faces today—to the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where You have driven them because of their unfaithfulness to You.
  • Hab 1:4 : 4 Therefore, the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so justice comes out distorted.
  • Hab 1:13-17 : 13 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the treacherous? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves? 14 You have made mankind like the fish of the sea, like sea creatures who have no ruler. 15 The wicked pull them all up with a hook, drag them out with their net, and gather them in their dragnet; so they rejoice and are glad. 16 Therefore they sacrifice to their net and burn incense to their dragnet, for by these their portion is rich and their food is plentiful. 17 Is this why they empty their net and continually slay nations without mercy?
  • Zeph 3:5 : 5 The LORD is righteous in her midst; He does no wrong. Morning by morning, He brings His justice to light; He does not fail, but the unjust knows no shame.
  • Hos 6:7 : 7 But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they dealt treacherously with Me.
  • Jer 12:6 : 6 Your own brothers, the house of your father, have betrayed you; even they have called out loudly after you. Do not trust them, though they speak pleasantly to you.
  • Rom 3:5-6 : 5 But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust for bringing His wrath on us? (I am speaking in human terms.) 6 Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?
  • Gen 18:25 : 25 'Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?'
  • Deut 32:4 : 4 The Rock—His work is perfect, for all His ways are just. A faithful God without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
  • Ps 73:3-9 : 3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong. 5 They are free from common human burdens; they are not plagued by human ills. 6 Therefore, pride is their necklace; violence clothes them like a garment. 7 Their eyes bulge from fatness; their imaginations overflow with malice. 8 They scoff and speak with malice; with arrogance, they threaten oppression. 9 They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut through the earth. 10 Therefore His people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance. 11 They say, 'How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?' 12 Behold, these are the wicked—always carefree, they increase in wealth. 13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and washed my hands in innocence. 14 For I am stricken all day long and chastened every morning. 15 If I had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed Your children. 16 When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply. 17 Until I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny. 18 Surely, You place them on slippery ground; You cast them down to destruction. 19 How suddenly they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors! 20 Like a dream when one awakes, so, Lord, when You arise, You will despise their image. 21 When my heart was embittered and my spirit was pierced within me, 22 I was senseless and ignorant; I was like a beast before You. 23 Yet I am always with You; You hold me by my right hand. 24 You guide me with Your counsel, and afterward You will take me into glory. 25 Whom have I in heaven but You? And earth has nothing I desire besides You. 26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. 27 Those who are far from You will perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You. 28 But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all Your works.
  • Ps 119:75 : 75 I know, LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
  • Ps 119:137 : 137 You are righteous, LORD, and Your judgments are upright.
  • Ps 145:17 : 17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways and faithful in all he does.
  • Prov 1:32 : 32 For the turning away of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
  • Isa 41:21 : 21 Present your case, says the Lord. Set forth your arguments, says Jacob’s King.
  • Isa 48:8 : 8 Indeed, you neither heard nor understood; beforehand, your ear had not been open. For I knew that you were treacherous and a transgressor from the womb.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Jer 20:12
    78%

    12O LORD of Hosts, you who test the righteous and see the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for I have presented my case to you.

  • Hab 1:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3Why do You make me see wrongdoing and observe trouble? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise.

    4Therefore, the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so justice comes out distorted.

  • Jer 11:20
    77%

    20But, LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously and tests the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have presented my case to you.

  • Ps 43:1
    76%

    1Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly nation; rescue me from deceitful and unjust people.

  • Job 14:3
    76%

    3Do you fix your gaze on such a one and bring me into judgment with you?

  • Job 40:8
    75%

    8Would you indeed annul My justice? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?

  • Jer 12:2-4
    3 verses
    75%

    2You have planted them, and they have taken root; they grow and bear fruit. You are near to their lips but far from their hearts.

    3But you, LORD, know me; you see me and test my heart toward you. Drag them off like sheep for slaughter and set them apart for the day of killing.

    4How long will the land mourn and the grass in the fields wither? Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it, the beasts and the birds are swept away. For they said, 'He will not see our end.'

  • Ps 119:137
    75%

    137You are righteous, LORD, and Your judgments are upright.

  • Ps 35:24
    75%

    24Vindicate me according to Your righteousness, Lord my God, and do not let them rejoice over me.

  • Job 23:7
    75%

    7There the upright could reason with him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

  • Hab 1:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12Are You not from eternity, LORD my God, my Holy One? We will not die. LORD, You have appointed them for judgment; You, O Rock, have established them to rebuke.

    13Your eyes are too pure to look on evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the treacherous? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

  • Ps 7:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8Let the assembly of the nations gather around You; take Your seat on high above them.

    9The Lord will judge the peoples. Vindicate me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and my integrity.

  • Ps 58:1
    75%

    1For the director, 'Do Not Destroy,' a Miktam of David.

  • Mal 2:17
    75%

    17You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you ask, 'How have we wearied Him?' By saying, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and He delights in them,' or 'Where is the God of justice?'

  • Job 8:3
    75%

    3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty distort what is right?

  • Ps 17:2
    74%

    2Let my vindication come from your presence; may your eyes see what is right.

  • Ps 82:2
    74%

    2How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

  • Job 10:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2I will say to God: Do not condemn me; tell me why You contend with me.

    3Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands, while You favor the plans of the wicked?

  • Ps 143:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1A psalm of David. Lord, hear my prayer; listen to my pleas for mercy. In your faithfulness and righteousness, answer me.

    2Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before you.

  • Ps 94:3
    74%

    3How long, LORD, will the wicked, how long will the wicked exult?

  • Ps 10:1
    74%

    1Why, Lord, do You stand far off? Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?

  • Ps 52:1
    74%

    1For the director of music, a contemplative psalm of David.

  • Job 34:17
    74%

    17Can one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the righteous and mighty one?

  • Job 36:17
    74%

    17But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; justice and judgment take hold of you.

  • Neh 9:33
    74%

    33You are righteous in all that has happened to us, because You have acted faithfully while we have acted wickedly.

  • Job 22:3
    73%

    3Is it a delight to the Almighty if you are righteous? Or does He gain anything if your ways are blameless?

  • Job 21:7
    73%

    7Why do the wicked live on, grow old, and increase in power?

  • Isa 26:7
    73%

    7The path of the righteous is level; You, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth.

  • Job 13:7
    73%

    7Will you speak unjustly on God's behalf and speak deceitfully for Him?

  • Ps 94:20
    73%

    20Can a corrupt throne be allied with you—one that brings about trouble under the guise of law?

  • Job 19:7
    73%

    7Behold, I cry out, 'Violence!' but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice.

  • Ps 58:11
    73%

    11The righteous will rejoice when they see vengeance; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

  • Ps 26:1
    73%

    1Judge me, Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.

  • Ps 9:4
    73%

    4When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before your presence.

  • Job 35:7
    73%

    7If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, or what does He receive from your hand?

  • Job 13:24
    72%

    24Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?

  • Jer 2:35
    72%

    35Yet you say, 'I am innocent; surely his anger has turned away from me.' But I will bring you to judgment because you say, 'I have not sinned.'

  • Job 12:6
    72%

    6"The tents of robbers are at ease, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their own hand."

  • Deut 25:1
    72%

    1If there is a dispute between men, and they come to court for judgment, the judges shall justify the innocent and condemn the guilty.

  • Lam 3:59
    72%

    59You have seen my wrong, O LORD; judge my case.

  • Amos 6:12
    72%

    12Do horses run on rocky cliffs? Does one plow there with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness.

  • Isa 40:27
    72%

    27Why do you say, Jacob, and complain, Israel, 'My way is hidden from the Lord; my cause is disregarded by my God'?

  • Job 10:6
    72%

    6Do You search for my iniquity and investigate my sin?