Isaiah 59:8

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.

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  • Luke 1:79 : 79 To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, To guide our feet to a way of peace.'
  • Isa 48:22 : 22 There is no peace, said Jehovah, to the wicked!
  • Isa 57:20-21 : 20 And the wicked `are' as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire. 21 There is no peace, said my God, to the wicked!
  • Isa 59:14-15 : 14 And removed backward is judgment, And righteousness afar off standeth, For truth hath been feeble in the street, And straightforwardness is not able to enter, 15 And 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.
  • Jer 5:1 : 1 Go to and fro in streets of Jerusalem, And see, I pray you, and know, And seek in her broad places, if ye find a man, If there be one doing judgment, seeking stedfastness -- Then am I propitious to her.
  • Hos 4:1-2 : 1 `Hear a word of Jehovah, sons of Israel, For a strife `is' to Jehovah with inhabitants of the land, For there is no truth, nor kindness, Nor knowledge of God, in the land, 2 Swearing, and lying, and murdering, And stealing, and committing adultery -- have increased, And blood against blood hath touched.
  • Amos 6:1-6 : 1 Wo `to' those secure in Zion, And those confident in the mount of Samaria, The marked of the chief of the nations, And come to them have the house of Israel. 2 Pass ye over `to' Calneh and see, And go thence `to' Hamath the great, And go down `to' Gath of the Philistines, Are `they' better than these kingdoms? Greater `is' their border than your border? 3 Who are putting away the day of evil, And ye bring nigh the seat of violence, 4 Who are lying down on beds of ivory, And are spread out on their couches, And are eating lambs from the flock, And calves from the midst of the stall, 5 Who are taking part according to the psaltery, Like David they invented for themselves instruments of music; 6 Who are drinking with bowls of wine, And `with' chief perfumes anoint `themselves', And have not been pained for the breach of Joseph.
  • Matt 23:23 : 23 `Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law -- the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved `you' to do, and those not to neglect.
  • Ps 58:1-2 : 1 To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not.' -- A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men? 2 Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.
  • Ps 125:5 : 5 As to those turning `to' their crooked ways, Jehovah causeth them to go with workers of iniquity. Peace on Israel!
  • Prov 2:15 : 15 Whose paths `are' crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways.
  • Prov 3:17 : 17 Her ways `are' ways of pleasantness, And all her paths `are' peace.
  • Prov 28:18 : 18 Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.
  • Isa 5:7 : 7 Because the vineyard of Jehovah of Hosts `Is' the house of Israel, And the man of Judah His pleasant plant, And He waiteth for judgment, and lo, oppression, For righteousness, and lo, a cry.
  • Rom 3:17 : 17 And a way of peace they did not know.

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    15Swift `are' their feet to shed blood.

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    6Their 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.

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    9Therefore 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,

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    19The way of the wicked `is' as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.

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    22There is no peace, said Jehovah, to the wicked!

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    5They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.

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    13They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.

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    15Whose paths `are' crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways.

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    21There is no peace, said my God, to the wicked!

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    14And removed backward is judgment, And righteousness afar off standeth, For truth hath been feeble in the street, And straightforwardness is not able to enter,

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    25Destruction hath come, And they have sought peace, and there is none.

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    5As to those turning `to' their crooked ways, Jehovah causeth them to go with workers of iniquity. Peace on Israel!

  • Prov 1:15-16
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    15My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,

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    18Turn aside do the paths of their way, They ascend into emptiness, and are lost.

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    14And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, `Peace, peace!' and there is no peace.

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    4And I -- I said, `Surely these `are' poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.

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    13Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,

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    3And they bend their tongue, their bow `is' a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!

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    10And they have not known to act straightforwardly, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces.

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    3Yea, they have not done iniquity, In His ways they have walked.

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    12All did go out of the way, together they became unprofitable, there is none doing good, there is not even one.

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    5Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.

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    3Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.

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    16For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not `some' to stumble.

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    14Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.

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    4Therefore doth law cease, And judgment doth not go forth for ever, For the wicked is compassing the righteous, Therefore wrong judgment goeth forth.

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    17And the sons of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not pondered, As to them -- their way is not pondered.

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    22For my people `are' foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons `are' they, yea, they `are' not intelligent, Wise `are' they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.

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    15Looking for peace -- and there is no good, For a time of healing, and lo, terror.

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    27Give punishment for their iniquity, And they enter not into Thy righteousness.

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    12For 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.

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    6For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!