Isaiah 59:14
12 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;
13 In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
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Compare
- 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)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ecclesiastes 3:16
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
Read in contextHabakkuk 1:4
Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
Read in contextMicah 3:9–11
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
Read in contextIsaiah 5:23
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Read in contextIsaiah 10:1–2
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
Read in contextIsaiah 1:21
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
Read in contextAmos 5:11
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
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