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Isaiah 59:15

Truth and honestyJustice

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.

14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

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.

17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.

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BSB
Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
KJV
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.
WEB
Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. The LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.
ASV
Yea, truth is lacking; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.
DARBY
And truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw [it], and it was evil in his sight that there was no judgment.
BLB
And the truth is missing, and the one turning away from evil makes himself plunder. And YHWH saw [it], and it was evil in His eyes that there was no justice.
ÅB
og sannheten ble borte, og den som holdt seg fra det onde, ble plyndret. Og Herren så det, og det var ondt i hans øyne at der ingen rett var,
OTB
Sannhet er fraværende, og den som unngår det onde, blir et bytte. Herren så det, og det mishaget ham at det ikke var noen rettferdighet.
B1930
og sannheten blev borte, og den som holdt sig fra det onde, blev plyndret. Og Herren så det, og det var ondt i hans øine at der ingen rett var,

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Cross references

  • Micah 7:2

    The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

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  • Hebrews 11:36–38

    And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

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  • Jeremiah 7:28

    But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

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  • 1 John 3:11–12

    For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

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  • Romans 8:36

    As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

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  • Psalms 5:9

    For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

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  • Jeremiah 5:1–2

    Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

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  • Psalms 12:1–2

    Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

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