Isaiah 59 - Compare Translations
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Isaiah 59:1
KJVBehold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
WEBBehold, Yahweh’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save;
YLTLo, the hand of Jehovah Hath not been shortened from saving, Nor heavy his ear from hearing.
Isaiah 59:2
KJVBut your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
WEBBut your iniquities have separated you and your God,
YLTBut your iniquities have been separating Between you and your God, And your sins have hidden The Presence from you -- from hearing.
Isaiah 59:3
KJVFor your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
WEBFor your hands are defiled with blood,
YLTFor your hands have been polluted with blood, And your fingers with iniquity, Your lips have spoken falsehood, Your tongue perverseness doth mutter.
Isaiah 59:4
KJVNone calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
WEBNo one sues in righteousness,
YLTThere is none calling in righteousness, And there is none pleading in faithfulness, Trusting on emptiness, and speaking falsehood, Conceiving perverseness, and bearing iniquity.
Isaiah 59:5
KJVThey hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
WEBThey hatch adders’ eggs,
YLTEggs of a viper they have hatched, And webs of a spider they weave, Whoso is eating their eggs doth die, And the crushed hatcheth a viper.
Isaiah 59:6
KJVTheir webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
WEBTheir webs won’t become garments.
YLTTheir webs become not a garment, Nor do they cover themselves with their works, Their works [are] works of iniquity, And a deed of violence [is] in their hands.
Isaiah 59:7
KJVTheir feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
WEBTheir feet run to evil,
YLTTheir feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed innocent blood, Their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity, Spoiling and destruction [are] in their highways.
Isaiah 59:8
KJVThe way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
WEBThey don’t know the way of peace;
YLTA way of peace they have not known, And there is no judgment in their paths, Their paths they have made perverse for themselves, No treader in it hath known peace.
Isaiah 59:9
KJVTherefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
WEBTherefore is justice far from us,
YLTTherefore hath judgment been far from us, And righteousness reacheth us not, We wait for light, and lo, darkness, For brightness -- in thick darkness we go,
Isaiah 59:10
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Isaiah 59:11
KJVWe roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
WEBWe all roar like bears,
YLTWe make a noise as bears -- all of us, And as doves we coo sorely; We wait for judgment, and there is none, For salvation -- it hath been far from us.
Isaiah 59:12
KJVFor 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;
WEBFor our transgressions are multiplied before you,
YLTFor our transgressions have been multiplied before Thee, And our sins have testified against us, For our transgressions [are] with us, And our iniquities -- we have known them.
Isaiah 59:13
KJVIn 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.
WEBtransgressing and denying Yahweh,
YLTTransgressing, and lying against Jehovah, And removing from after our God, Speaking oppression and apostacy, Conceiving and uttering from the heart Words of falsehood.
Isaiah 59:14
KJVAnd judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
WEBJustice is turned away backward,
YLTAnd removed backward is judgment, And righteousness afar off standeth, For truth hath been feeble in the street, And straightforwardness is not able to enter,
Isaiah 59:15
KJVYea, 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.
WEBYes, truth is lacking;
YLTAnd the truth is lacking, And whoso is turning aside from evil, Is making himself a spoil. And Jehovah seeth, and it is evil in His eyes, That there is no judgment.
Isaiah 59:16
KJVAnd 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.
WEBHe saw that there was no man,
YLTAnd He seeth that there is no man, And is astonished that there is no intercessor, And His own arm giveth salvation to Him, And His righteousness -- it sustained Him.
Isaiah 59:17
KJVFor 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 cloak.
WEBHe put on righteousness as a breastplate,
YLTAnd He putteth on righteousness as a breastplate, And an helmet of salvation on His head, And He putteth on garments of vengeance [for] clothing, And is covered, as [with] an upper-robe, [with] zeal.
Isaiah 59:18
KJVAccording to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
WEBAccording to their deeds,
YLTAccording to deeds -- so He repayeth. Fury to His adversaries, [their] deed to His enemies, To the isles [their] deed He repayeth.
Isaiah 59:19
KJVSo shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.
WEBSo shall they fear Yahweh’s name from the west,
YLTAnd they fear from the west the name of Jehovah, And from the rising of the sun -- His honour, When come in as a flood doth an adversary, The Spirit of Jehovah hath raised an ensign against him.
Isaiah 59:20
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Isaiah 59:21
KJVAs for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
WEB“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says Yahweh. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says Yahweh, “from henceforth and forever.”
YLTAnd I -- this [is] My covenant with them, said Jehovah, My Spirit that [is] on thee, And My words that I have put in thy mouth, Depart not from thy mouth, And from the mouth of thy seed, And from the mouth of thy seed's seed, said Jehovah, From henceforth unto the age!
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