Jeremiah 12:1

Translations

Modern

Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?

Traditional

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?

Literal

Righteous are You, O YHWH, when I plead before You; yet I will speak with You of judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do they find repose, all who deal so treacherously treacherously?

Latin

Justus quidem tu es, Domine, si disputem tecum: verumtamen justa loquar ad te: Quare via impiorum prosperatur; bene est omnibus qui prævaricantur et inique agunt?

Original

Hebrew

English

Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?

Notes

Jeremiah 12:1

Jeremiah agreed that the Lord was fair in past dealings with him. However, he was confused about why his life was in danger, despite his obedience. Meanwhile, wicked and evil people seemed to be prosperous and happy.

Jeremiah 12:1–4

Jeremiah questioned why a fair God did not quickly punish the wicked. He could not tolerate ongoing evil, but he also felt sorrow for the severe human suffering he foresaw (Jeremiah 10:19–25).

Theme notes and profiles

Social Chaos in Judges

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

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Malachi 3:15
So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
Psalm 92:7
…that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
Psalm 37:1
Of David. Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
Psalm 73:3–28
For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Psalm 51:4
Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.
Psalm 37:35
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
Daniel 9:7
To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.
Psalm 94:3–4
How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
Habakkuk 1:4
Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
Zephaniah 3:5
The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.
Job 21:7–15
Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
Job 12:6
The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure—those who carry their god in their hands.

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