Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
The 1611 reading
Ye who turne iudgment to wormwood, and leaue off righteousnesse in the earth:
KJV dictionary & concordance
The act, authority, process, cause, or result of judging; discernment, legal hearing, verdict, ordinance, justice, government, vindication, condemnation, or punishment.
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First occurrence: Genesis 18:19
Complete exact-word concordance
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Ye who turne iudgment to wormwood, and leaue off righteousnesse in the earth:
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Hate the euill, and loue the good, and establish iudgement in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hostes will bee gracious vnto the remnant of Ioseph.
1611 marginal notePsal.74.15. & 79.10. rom. 12.9.
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
But let iudgement run downe as waters, and righteousnesse as a mightie streame.
1611 marginal noteHeb. roule.
¶ Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
¶ Shall horses runne vpon the rocke? wil one plow there with oxen? for ye haue turned iudgement into gall, and the fruite of righteousnesse into hemlocke.
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