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Isaiah 59:14

JusticeTruth and honesty

12 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.

So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

15 Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.

16 He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.

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BSB
So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
KJV
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
WEB
Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness can’t enter.
ASV
And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
DARBY
And judgment is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth stumbleth in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
BLB
And justice is driven back, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth has stumbled in the plaza, and straightness is not able to enter.
ÅB
Derfor er retten[^2] blitt holdt tilbake, og rettferdigheten står langt borte; for sannheten har snublet på tingstedet, og det rette kan ikke finne inngang,
OTB
Rettferdighet er drevet tilbake, og rettferd står langt borte; sannhet har snublet på gaten, og rettskaffenhet kan ikke komme inn.
B1930
Derfor er retten blitt holdt tilbake, og rettferdigheten står langt borte; for sannheten har snublet på tingstedet, og det rette kan ikke finne inngang, / < JES 59, 9. 11.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 3:16

    Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

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  • Habakkuk 1:4

    Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

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  • Micah 3:9–11

    Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,

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  • Jeremiah 5:31

    The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?

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  • Isaiah 5:23

    who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.

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  • Isaiah 10:1–2

    Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,

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  • Isaiah 1:21

    See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!

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  • Amos 5:11

    Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.

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