The Meaning of Lamentations 3:36 Explained

Lamentations 3:36

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

YLT: To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved.

Darby: to wrong a man in his cause, will not the Lord see it?

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Lamentations 3:36 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Lamentations 3

1  The prophet bewails his own calamities
22  By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope
37  He acknowledges God's justice
55  He prays for deliverance
64  And vengeance on his enemies

What do the individual words in Lamentations 3:36 mean?

Or subvert a man in his cause the Lord not does approve -
לְעַוֵּ֤ת אָדָם֙ בְּרִיב֔וֹ אֲדֹנָ֖י לֹ֥א רָאָֽה ס

לְעַוֵּ֤ת  Or  subvert 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
Root: עָוַת  
Sense: to be bent, be crooked, bend, make crooked, pervert.
אָדָם֙  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
בְּרִיב֔וֹ  in  his  cause 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: רִיב 
Sense: strife, controversy, dispute.
אֲדֹנָ֖י  the  Lord 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲדֹנָי  
Sense: my lord, lord.
רָאָֽה  does  approve 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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