Jeremiah 5:28
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.

Young's Literal Translation
They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless—and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
They have grown fat
שָׁמְנ֣וּ (šā·mə·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 8080: To shine, be, oily, gross

and sleek,
עָשְׁת֗וּ (‘ā·šə·ṯū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 6245: To be sleek, glossy, to excogitate

and
גַּ֚ם (gam)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

have excelled
עָֽבְר֣וּ (‘ā·ḇə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

in evil
רָ֔ע (rā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

matters.
דִבְרֵי־ (ḏiḇ·rê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

They have not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

taken up the cause
דִּ֣ין (dîn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1779: Judgement, strife

of the fatherless,
יָת֖וֹם (yā·ṯō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3490: A bereaved person

so they might prosper,
וְיַצְלִ֑יחוּ (wə·yaṣ·lî·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 6743: To push forward

nor have they
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

defended
שָׁפָֽטוּ׃ (šā·p̄ā·ṭū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

the rights
וּמִשְׁפַּ֥ט (ū·miš·paṭ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

of the needy.
אֶבְיוֹנִ֖ים (’eḇ·yō·w·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 34: In want, needy, poor

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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