Isaiah 57:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Isa 48:22 : 22 There is no peace, saith Jehovah, to the wicked.
Isa 59:8 : 8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace.
Rom 3:16-17 : 16 Destruction and misery are in their ways; 17 And the way of peace have they not known:
2 Kgs 9:22 : 22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Isa 48:22
92%
22There is no peace, saith Jehovah, to the wicked.
Isa 57:20
82%
20But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
Isa 59:8
75%
8The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace.
Rom 3:16-17
2 verses
75%
16Destruction and misery are in their ways;
17And the way of peace have they not known:
Ezek 7:25
74%
25Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
Ps 28:3
73%
3Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.
Prov 12:20-21
2 verses
73%
20Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; But to the counsellors of peace is joy.
21There shall no mischief happen to the righteous; But the wicked shall be filled with evil.
Ps 36:1
73%
1For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David the servant of Jehovah. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes.
Jer 8:11
72%
11And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Job 3:17
72%
17There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.
Eccl 8:13
71%
13but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
Jer 6:14
71%
14They have healed also the hurt of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Job 21:16
71%
16Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Jer 25:37
71%
37And the peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.
2 Chr 15:5
70%
5And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in; but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the lands.
Isa 3:11
70%
11Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
Ps 35:20
70%
20For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.
Prov 21:7
70%
7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.
Ps 55:10-11
2 verses
70%
10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.
11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.
Job 31:3
70%
3Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?
Ps 120:6-7
2 verses
70%
6My soul hath long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace.
7I am [for] peace: But when I speak, they are for war.
Ps 50:16
69%
16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth,
Ps 5:4
69%
4For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Evil shall not sojourn with thee.
Ps 34:21
69%
21Evil shall slay the wicked; And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.
Jer 23:17
69%
17They say continually unto them that despise me, Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace; and unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil shall come upon you.
Job 18:21
69%
21Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
Ps 37:10
69%
10For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.
Jer 8:15
69%
15We looked for peace, but no good came; [and] for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
Ezek 13:16
69%
16[ to wit], the prophets of Israel that prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and that see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Prov 24:19-20
2 verses
69%
19Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked:
20For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Prov 10:30
69%
30The righteous shall never be removed; But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.
Rom 3:11
68%
11There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God;
Ps 53:1
68%
1For the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath. Maschil of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none that doeth good.
Ps 1:5
68%
5Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
1 Sam 24:13
68%
13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked cometh forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be upon thee.
Prov 24:15
68%
15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:
Ps 37:32
68%
32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.
Job 20:29
68%
29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.
Ezek 7:11
68%
11Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them [shall remain], nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth: neither shall there be eminency among them.
Ps 7:11
68%
11God is a righteous judge, Yea, a God that hath indignation every day.
Ps 37:38
68%
38As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together; The end of the wicked shall be cut off.
Nah 1:11
68%
11There is one gone forth out of thee, that deviseth evil against Jehovah, that counselleth wickedness.
Jer 30:23
68%
23Behold, the tempest of Jehovah, [even his] wrath, is gone forth, a sweeping tempest: it shall burst upon the head of the wicked.