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Isaiah 64:6

SinGuilt and conscienceJusticeShame

4 From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.

5 You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?

Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.

7 No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.

8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.

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BSB
Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
KJV
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
WEB
For we have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
ASV
For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
DARBY
And we are all become as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have carried us away;
BLB
And all of us have become like an unclean one, all our righteous acts [are] as a filthy rag; and all of us wither like the leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
ÅB
Vi ble som den urene alle sammen, og all vår rettferdighet som et urent klæsplagg, og som løvet visnet vi alle sammen, og som vinden førte våre misgjerninger oss bort.
OTB
For vi er alle blitt som en som er uren, og alle våre rettferdige gjerninger er som et skittent plagg; vi visner alle som et blad, og våre misgjerninger, som vinden, fører oss bort.
B1930
Vi blev som den urene alle sammen, og all vår rettferdighet som et urent klæsplagg, og som løvet visnet vi alle sammen, og som vinden førte våre misgjerninger oss bort.

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