Isaiah 59:12
10 Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.
11 We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:
13 rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.
14 So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:
- KJV
- For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;
- WEB
- For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them:
- ASV
- For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them:
- DARBY
- For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us; and our iniquities, we know them:
- BLB
- For our transgressions are many before You, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions [are] with us, and our iniquities, and we know:
- ÅB
- For våre overtredelser er mange for deg, og våre synder vitner mot oss; våre overtredelser har vi for våre øyne, og våre misgjerninger kjenner vi:
- OTB
- For våre overtredelser er mange for ditt ansikt, og våre synder vitner mot oss. Våre misgjerninger er med oss, og vi erkjenner våre misgjerninger:
- B1930
- For våre overtredelser er mange for dig, og våre synder vidner mot oss; våre overtredelser har vi for våre øine, og våre misgjerninger kjenner vi:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezra 9:6
and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
Read in contextHosea 5:5
Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.
Read in contextJeremiah 14:7
Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
Read in contextEzekiel 5:6
But she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the nations, and against My statutes worse than the countries around her. For her people have rejected My ordinances and have not walked in My statutes.’
Read in contextHosea 4:2
Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:4
Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
Read in contextEzekiel 7:23
Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.
Read in contextEzekiel 22:2–12
“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations
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