Isaiah 64:6

4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.

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.

7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.

8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Romans 7:18

    For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

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  • Romans 7:24

    O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

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  • Ephesians 2:1–2

    And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

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  • Revelation 3:17–18

    Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

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  • Zechariah 3:3

    Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.

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  • Isaiah 53:6

    All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

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  • Job 42:5–6

    I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.

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  • Titus 3:3

    For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

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