And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Et la délivrance s'est retirée, Et le salut se tient éloigné; Car la vérité trébuche sur la place publique, Et la droiture ne peut approcher.
KJV
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Clemens Romanus (Clement of Rome)
Epistula I ad Corinthios
, 5 οἱ ἄτιμοι ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐντίμους, οἱ ἄδοξοι ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐνδόξους, οἱ ἄφρονες ἐπὶ τοὺς φρονίμους, οἱ νέοι Is 59, 14 ἐπὶ τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους. διὰ τοῦτο πόρρω ἄπεστιν ἡ δικαιοσύνη καὶ εἰρήνη, ἐν τῷ ἀπολιπεῖν ἕκαστον τὸν φόβον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἐν τῇ πίστει αὐτοῦ ἀμβλυωπῆσαι, μηδὲ ἐν τοῖς νομίμ…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 184 (Migne)
quae vastatur (Isa. I, 8) . Sed et de plateis nihilominus legitur, quia corruit in platea veritas (Isa. LIX, 14) . Siquidem de Gentium philosophis dictum est quod veritatem Dei detinuerunt in mendacio (Rom. I, 18, 25) . An non tibi videtur congrue accipi in vicis, Israel secun…
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