Isaiah 59:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

The way of peace they do not know; and there is no justice in their paths: they have made crooked paths for themselves; whoever walks therein shall not know peace.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their ways. They have made their paths crooked; whoever walks in them does not know peace.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    The 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    The way{H1870} of peace{H7965} they know{H3045} not; and there is no justice{H4941} in their goings:{H4570} they have made them crooked{H6140} paths;{H5410} whosoever goeth{H1869} therein doth not know{H3045} peace.{H7965}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    The way{H1870} of peace{H7965} they know{H3045}{(H8804)} not; and there is no judgment{H4941} in their goings{H4570}: they have made them crooked{H6140}{(H8765)} paths{H5410}: whosoever goeth{H1869}{(H8802)} therein shall not know{H3045}{(H8804)} peace{H7965}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But ye waye of peace they knowe not. In their goinges is no equyte, their wayes are so croked, yt who so euer goeth therin, knoweth nothinge of peace.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    The way of peace they knowe not, & there is none equitie in their goings: they haue made them crooked paths: whosoeuer goeth therein, shall not knowe peace.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    But the way of peace they know not, in their goinges is no equitie: their wayes are so crooked, that whosoeuer goeth therein knoweth of no peace.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    The 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The way of peace they don't know; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whoever goes therein does not know peace.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    A 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    They have no knowledge of the way of peace, and there is no sense of what is right in their behaviour: they have made for themselves ways which are not straight; whoever goes in them has no knowledge of peace.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The way of peace they don't know; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whoever goes therein does not know peace.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They are unfamiliar with peace; their deeds are unjust. They use deceitful methods, and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace.

Referenced Verses

  • Luke 1:79 : 79 To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
  • Isa 48:22 : 22 There is no peace, says the LORD, for the wicked.
  • Isa 57:20-21 : 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 21 There is no peace, says my God, to the wicked.
  • Isa 59:14-15 : 14 And judgment is turned backward, and justice stands far off: for truth has fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 15 Yes, truth fails; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
  • Jer 5:1 : 1 Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if you can find a man, if there is anyone who executes judgment, who seeks the truth; and I will pardon it.
  • Hos 4:1-2 : 1 Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Israel, for the LORD has a dispute with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
  • Amos 6:1-6 : 1 Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, who are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! 2 Pass over to Calneh, and see; and from there go to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are they better than these kingdoms? Or is their border greater than your border? 3 You who put far away the evil day, and bring near the seat of violence; 4 Who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; 5 Who sing to the sound of the harp, and invent for themselves instruments of music, like David; 6 Who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the finest ointments: but are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
  • Matt 23:23 : 23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you pay tithe of mint and anise and cumin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, justice, mercy, and faith: these you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.
  • Ps 58:1-2 : 1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? Do you judge uprightly, O you sons of men? 2 Yes, in heart you work wickedness; you weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
  • Ps 125:5 : 5 But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them away with the workers of iniquity; peace shall be upon Israel.
  • Prov 2:15 : 15 Whose ways are crooked, and who are perverse in their paths:
  • Prov 3:17 : 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
  • Prov 28:18 : 18 Whoever walks uprightly shall be saved, but he who is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
  • Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry.
  • Rom 3:17 : 17 'And the way of peace they have not known:'

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