Isaiah 57:20
18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.
- KJV
- But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
- WEB
- But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud.
- ASV
- But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
- DARBY
- But the wicked are like the troubled sea, which cannot rest, and whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
- BLB
- And the wicked [are] like the driven sea, for it is not able to be quiet, and its waters churn up mud and mire.
- ÅB
- Men de ugudelige er som det opprørte hav; det kan ikke være stille, og dets bølger skyller opp skarn og dynd.
- OTB
- Men de ugudelige er som det opprørte hav, som ikke kan hvile, hvis vann kaster opp gjørme og skitt.
- B1930
- Men de ugudelige er som det oprørte hav; det kan ikke være stille, og dets bølger skyller op skarn og dynd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 3:11
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Read in contextProverbs 4:16–17
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Read in contextJob 18:5–14
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Read in contextJude 1:12
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
Read in contextJob 20:11–29
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
Read in contextJob 15:20–24
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
Read in contextPsalms 73:18–20
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
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