KJV King James Version
But the wicked [are] like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Isaiah 57:20
But the wicked [are] like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.
WEB World English Bible
But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can’t rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
ASV American Standard Version
But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the wicked are as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 57
17 For 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.
18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
19 I 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.
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, saith my God, to the wicked.
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וְהָרְשָׁעִ֖יםH7563 · ra.sahwickedכַּיָּ֣םH3220 · yamseaנִגְרָ֑שׁH1644 · ga.rashto drive out: drive outכִּ֤יH3588 · kiforהַשְׁקֵט֙H8252 · sha.qatto quietלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotיוּכָ֔לH3201 · ya.kholbe ableוַיִּגְרְשׁ֥וּH1644 · ga.rashto drive out: drive outמֵימָ֖יוH4325 · ma.yimwaterרֶ֥פֶשׁH7516 · re.pheshmireוָטִֽיט׃H2916 · titmud
Cross-references
Isaiah 3:11Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.Proverbs 4:16-17For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.Job 18:5-14Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.Jude 1:12These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;Job 20:11-29His bones are full [of the sin] of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.Psalm 73:18-20Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.Job 15:20-24The wicked man travaileth with pain all [his] days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
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