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Isaiah 26:7

Guidance and decisionsJustice

5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

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BSB
The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.
KJV
The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
WEB
The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.
ASV
The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just.
DARBY
The way of the just is uprightness: thou, the Upright, dost make the path of the just even.
BLB
The path of a righteous one [is] uprightness; You make level a straight track for the righteous one.
ÅB
Den rettferdiges sti er jevn; du jevner den rettferdiges vei.
OTB
De rettferdiges vei er jevn; O Rettferdige, du gjør de rettferdiges vei glatt.
B1930
Den rettferdiges sti er jevn; du jevner den rettferdiges vei.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ephesians 2:10

    For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

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  • Isaiah 42:16

    And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

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  • 1 John 3:7

    Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

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  • 2 Corinthians 1:12

    For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

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  • 1 John 3:10

    In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

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  • Psalms 11:7

    For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

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  • Job 27:5–6

    God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

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  • Proverbs 20:7

    The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

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