KJV King James Version
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
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Isaiah 59:14
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
WEB World English Bible
Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness can’t enter.
ASV American Standard Version
And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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,
Surrounding context — Isaiah 59
11 We 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.
12 For 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;
13 In 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.
14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
15 Yea, 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.
16 And 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.
17 For 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 cloke.
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וְהֻסַּ֤גH5253 · na.sagto removeאָחוֹר֙H268 · a.chorbackמִשְׁפָּ֔טH4941 · mish.patjustice: judgementוּצְדָקָ֖הH6666 · tse.da.qahrighteousnessמֵרָח֣וֹקH7350 · ra.choqdistantתַּעֲמֹ֑דH5975 · a.madto stand: standכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforכָשְׁלָ֤הH3782 · ka.shalto stumbleבָֽרְחוֹב֙H7339 · re.chovstreet/plazaאֱמֶ֔תH571 · e.mettruth: faithfulוּנְכֹחָ֖הH5229 · ne.kho.chahuprightלֹא־H3808 · lonotתוּכַ֥לH3201 · ya.kholbe ableלָבֽוֹא׃H935 · boto come (in): come
Cross-references
Habakkuk 1:4Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.Ecclesiastes 3:16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there.Isaiah 10:1-2Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness [which] they have prescribed;Micah 3:9-11Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.Isaiah 5:23Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!Isaiah 1:21How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.Jeremiah 5:27-28As a cage is full of birds, so [are] their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.Amos 5:11Forasmuch therefore as your treading [is] upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love [to have it] so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?Zephaniah 3:1-3Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!Amos 5:7Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,Isaiah 59:4None calleth for justice, nor [any] pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.Micah 7:3-5That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the great [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.Psalm 82:2-5How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
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