Isaiah 26:7
The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
KJV
Semita justi recta est, rectus callis justi ad ambulandum.
Vulgate
ὁδὸς εὐσεβῶν εὐθεῖα ἐγένετο, ἡ ὁδὸς τῶν εὐσεβῶν καὶ παρεσκευασμένη.
LXX
The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just.
ASV
אֹ֥רַח לַ/צַּדִּ֖יק מֵֽישָׁרִ֑ים יָשָׁ֕ר מַעְגַּ֥ל צַדִּ֖יק תְּפַלֵּֽס
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֹ֣רַח
'rch
noun · 60×
יָּשָׁ֖ר
yshr
adjective · 114×
מֵישָׁרִֽים
myshrym
noun · 19×
מַּעְגָּ֔ל
m'gl
noun · 16×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
תְּפַלֵּֽס
tpls
verb · 6×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 29:17 — I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy t
- 1Cor 4:5 — Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man ha
- 1John 3:7 — Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
- 1John 3:10 — In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
- 1Sam 2:2 — There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
- 2Cor 1:12 — For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and mor
- Eph 2:10 — For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
- Hos 14:9 — Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
- Isa 30:18 — And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait
- Isa 35:8 — And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err ther
- Isa 42:16 — And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do
- Isa 56:1 — Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
- Isa 57:2 — He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
- Job 27:5 — God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
- Job 31:6 — Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.
- Job 31:6 — Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.
- Phil 4:8 — Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report;
- Prov 4:18 — But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
- Prov 16:2 — All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
- Prov 20:7 — The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
- Ps 1:6 — For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
- Ps 11:4 — The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
- Ps 11:7 — For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
- Ps 18:23 — I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
- Ps 25:8 — Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
- Ps 58:2 — Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
- Zeph 3:5 — The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.