H5791–עָוַת–a.vat

Doth God pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice?

יְעַוֵּ֣ת ye.'a.Vet “does he pervert”יְעַוֵּֽת־ ye.'a.vet- “does he pervert”

Know now that +God hath overthrown me, and hath surrounded me with his net.

עִוְּתָ֑נִי (עִוְּתָ֑) 'i.ve.Ta. “he has wronged”

Yea, surely, God acteth not wickedly, and the Almighty perverteth not judgment.

יְעַוֵּ֥ת ye.'a.Vet “he perverts”

Let the proud be ashamed; for they have acted perversely towards me with falsehood: as for me, I meditate in thy precepts.

עִוְּת֑וּנִי (עִוְּת֑וּ) 'i.ve.Tu. “they have subverted”

Jehovah preserveth the strangers; he lifteth up the fatherless and the widow; but the way of the wicked doth he subvert.

יְעַוֵּֽת׃ ye.'a.Vet “he makes crooked”

That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

מְעֻוָּ֖ת me.'u.Vat “[something] bent”

Consider the work of God; for who can make straight what he hath made crooked?

עִוְּתֽוֹ׃ (עִוְּתֽ) i.ve.T “he has bent”

in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows are darkened,

וְהִֽתְעַוְּת֖וּ (הִֽתְעַוְּת֖וּ) hit.'a.ve.Tu “they will bend themselves”

to wrong a man in his cause, -- will not the Lord see it?

לְעַוֵּ֤ת (עַוֵּ֤ת) 'a.Vet “subvert”

saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances for deceit:

וּלְעַוֵּ֖ת (עַוֵּ֖ת) 'a.Vet “falsify”