Isaiah 57 - Compare Translations
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Isaiah 57:1
KJVThe righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
WEBThe righteous perish,
YLTThe righteous hath perished, And there is none laying [it] to heart, And men of kindness are gathered, Without any considering that from the face of evil Gathered is the righteous one.
Isaiah 57:2
KJVHe shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
WEBHe enters into peace.
YLTHe entereth into peace, they rest on their beds, [Each] is going straightforward.
Isaiah 57:3
KJVBut draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
WEB“But draw near here, you sons of a sorceress,
YLTAnd ye, come near hither, O sons of a sorceress, seed of an adulterer, Even thou dost commit whoredom.
Isaiah 57:4
KJVAgainst whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood.
WEBWhom do you mock?
YLTAgainst whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom enlarge ye the mouth? Prolong ye the tongue? Are not ye children of transgression? a false seed?
Isaiah 57:5
KJVEnflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
WEByou who inflame yourselves among the oaks,
YLTWho are inflamed among oaks, under every green tree, Slaughtering the children in valleys, Under clefts of the rocks.
Isaiah 57:6
KJVAmong the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
WEBAmong the smooth stones of the valley is your portion;
YLTAmong the smooth things of a brook [is] thy portion, They -- they [are] thy lot, Also to them thou hast poured out an oblation, Thou hast caused a present to ascend, For these things am I comforted?
Isaiah 57:7
KJVUpon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
WEBOn a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed.
YLTOn a mountain, high and exalted, Thou hast set thy couch, Also thither thou hast gone up to make a sacrifice.
Isaiah 57:8
KJVBehind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.
WEBYou have set up your memorial behind the doors and the posts;
YLTAnd behind the door, and the post, Thou hast set up thy memorial, For from Me thou hast removed, and goest up, Thou hast enlarged thy couch, And dost covenant for thyself among them, Thou hast loved their couch, the station thou sawest,
Isaiah 57:9
KJVAnd thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
WEBYou went to the king with oil,
YLTAnd goest joyfully to the king in ointment, And dost multiply thy perfumes, And sendest thine ambassadors afar off, And humblest thyself unto Sheol.
Isaiah 57:10
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Isaiah 57:11
KJVAnd of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
WEB“Whom have you dreaded and feared,
YLTAnd of whom hast thou been afraid, and fearest, That thou liest, and Me hast not remembered? Thou hast not laid [it] to thy heart, Am not I silent, even from of old? And Me thou fearest not?
Isaiah 57:12
KJVI will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
WEBI will declare your righteousness;
YLTI declare thy righteousness, and thy works, And they do not profit thee.
Isaiah 57:13
KJVWhen thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
WEBWhen you cry,
YLTWhen thou criest, let thy gatherings deliver thee, And all of them carry away doth wind, Take away doth vanity, And whoso is trusting in Me inheriteth the land, And doth possess My holy mountain.
Isaiah 57:14
KJVAnd shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
WEBHe will say, “Build up, build up, prepare the way!
YLTAnd he hath said, `Raise up, raise up, prepare a way, Lift a stumbling-block out of the way of My people.'
Isaiah 57:15
KJVFor thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
WEBFor thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity,
YLTFor thus said the high and exalted One, Inhabiting eternity, and holy [is] His name: `In the high and holy place I dwell, And with the bruised and humble of spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of bruised ones,'
Isaiah 57:16
KJVFor I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
WEBFor I will not contend forever, neither will I always be angry;
YLTFor, not to the age do I strive, nor for ever am I wroth, For the spirit from before Me is feeble, And the souls I have made.
Isaiah 57:17
KJVFor the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
WEBI was angry because of the iniquity of his covetousness, and struck him;
YLTFor the iniquity of his dishonest gain, I have been wroth, and I smite him, Hiding -- and am wroth, And he goeth on turning back in the way of his heart.
Isaiah 57:18
KJVI have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
WEBI have seen his ways, and will heal him:
YLTHis ways I have seen, and I heal him, yea, I lead him, And recompense comforts to him and to his mourning ones.
Isaiah 57:19
KJVI create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I will heal him.
WEBI create the fruit of the lips:
YLTProducing the fruit of the lips, `Peace, peace,' to the far off, and to the near, And I have healed him, said Jehovah.
Isaiah 57:20
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Isaiah 57:21
KJVThere is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
WEB“There is no peace”, says my God,
YLTThere is no peace, said my God, to the wicked!
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