Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness can’t 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 off. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

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.

No one sues in righteousness, and no one pleads in truth. They trust in vanity, and speak lies. They conceive mischief, and give birth to iniquity.

Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.

Therefore, because you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees;to deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their plunder, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They don’t plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don’t defend the rights of the needy.

“ How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” Selah.“ Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.”They don’t know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!

Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity.They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money: yet they lean on Yahweh, and say,“ Isn’t Yahweh among us? No disaster will come on us.”

How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice. Righteousness lodged in her, but now there are murderers.

Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, the oppressing city!She didn’t obey the voice. She didn’t receive correction. She didn’t trust in Yahweh. She didn’t draw near to her God.Her princes within her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.

Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.The best of them is like a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, even your visitation, has come; now is the time of their confusion.Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!

You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth: