Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far off. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

并且公平转而退后，公义站在远处；诚实在街上仆倒，正直也不得进入。

公平转而退后，公义站在远处，诚实仆倒在广场上，正直不得进入；

公平转而退后，公义站在远处，诚实仆倒在广场上，正直不得进入；

正义被赶逐，公义不能靠近，真理倒在街上，正直被拒之门外。

公平被迫后退，公义站在远处；诚实在街上跌倒，正直不能进入。

公正被逐退，公义远远地站着，因为真理在广场绊倒，正直不能进来；

並且公平轉而退後，公義站在遠處；誠實在街上仆倒，正直也不得進入。

公平轉而退後，公義站在遠處，誠實仆倒在廣場上，正直不得進入；

公平轉而退後，公義站在遠處，誠實仆倒在廣場上，正直不得進入；

正義被趕逐，公義不能靠近，真理倒在街上，正直被拒之門外。

公平被迫後退，公義站在遠處；誠實在街上跌倒，正直不能進入。

公平轉而退後，義氣正義站在遠處；因為「真實」在街上跌倒着，「端正」不得進入。

公正被逐退，公義遠遠地站著，因為真理在廣場絆倒，正直不能進來；

公平卻退、仁義遙立、誠實顚於衢、正直不得入、

秉公義者、遠遁遙立、言真實者、仆於逵衢、不敢入邑。

公平遠退、義理遙立、真實顛仆於街衢、正直欲入而不能、

So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter.

So people stop others from doing what is fair. They keep them from doing what is right. No one tells the truth in court anymore. No one is honest there.

Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has stumbled in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter.

Our courts oppose the righteous, and justice is nowhere to be found. Truth stumbles in the streets, and honesty has been outlawed.

Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands far away; For truth has stumbled in the street, And uprightness cannot enter.

Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands afar off; For truth is fallen in the street, And equity cannot enter.

And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far off. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter.

Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness can’t enter.

No one makes claims justly; no one pleads honestly. They trust in empty and worthless words; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.

This is why the law is ineffective and justice never emerges. For the wicked restrict the righteous; therefore, justice comes out perverted.

Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact a grain tax from him, you will never live in the houses of cut stone you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it like this. But what will you do at the end of it?

Woe to those enacting crooked statutes and writing oppressive lawsto keep the poor from getting a fair trial and to deprive the needy among my people of justice, so that widows can be their spoil and they can plunder the fatherless.

Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.They have become fat and sleek. They have also excelled in evil matters. They have not taken up cases, such as the case of the fatherless, so they might prosper, and they have not defended the rights of the needy.

“ How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? SelahProvide justice for the needy and the fatherless; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.Rescue the poor and needy; save them from the power of the wicked.”They do not know or understand; they wander in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.

I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.

Listen to this, leaders of the house of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice and pervert everything that is right,who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with injustice.Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe, her priests teach for payment, and her prophets practice divination for silver. Yet they lean on the LORD, saying,“ Isn’t the LORD among us? No disaster will overtake us.”

The faithful town— what an adulteress she has become! She was once full of justice. Righteousness once dwelt in her, but now, murderers!

Woe to the city that is rebellious and defiled, the oppressive city!She has not obeyed; she has not accepted discipline. She has not trusted in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.The princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are wolves of the night, which leave nothing for the morning.

Both hands are good at accomplishing evil: the official and the judge demand a bribe; when the powerful man communicates his evil desire, they plot it together.The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is worse than a hedge of thorns. The day of your watchmen, the day of your punishment, is coming; at this time their panic is here.Do not rely on a friend; don’t trust in a close companion. Seal your mouth from the woman who lies in your arms.

Those who turn justice into wormwood also throw righteousness to the ground.