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Jeremiah 5:28

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 28 They have grown fat and smooth;
  They overflow with evil.
  
  They do not plead the legal case of the fatherless,+
  That they may gain success;
  And they deny justice to the poor.’”+

Jeremiah 5:28

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 28 They have grown fat and smooth;
  They overflow with evil.
  
  They do not plead the legal case of the fatherless,+
  That they may gain success;
  And they deny justice to the poor.’”+

Jeremiah 5:28

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 28 They have grown fat;+ they have become shiny. They have also overflowed with bad things.* No legal case have they pleaded,+ even the legal case of the fatherless boy,+ that they may gain success;+ and the judgment of the poor ones they have not taken up.’”

Jeremiah 5:28

The Bible in Living English
- 28 ** and fat. They have thought, and also wrought, wicked things: they have not executed justice, the justice due to an orphan, so as to prosper, nor vindicated poor men’s rights.

Jeremiah 5:28

American Standard Version
- 28 They 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.

Jeremiah 5:28

King James Version
- 28 They 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.

Jeremiah

Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
- 5:28 w78 1/1 13; w78 12/15 11; w41 351; w37 93, 276; w36 76