Isaiah 57:20
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
KJV
Impii autem quasi mare fervens, quod quiescere non potest, et redundant fluctus ejus in conculcationem et lutum.
Vulgate
οἱ δὲ ἄδικοι κλυδωνισθήσονται καὶ ἀναπαύσασθαι οὐ δυνήσονται.
LXX
But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
ASV
וְ/הָ/רְשָׁעִ֖ים כַּ/יָּ֣ם נִגְרָ֑שׁ כִּ֤י הַשְׁקֵט֙ לֹ֣א יוּכָ֔ל וַ/יִּגְרְשׁ֥וּ מֵימָ֖י/ו רֶ֥פֶשׁ וָ/טִֽיט
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
ה
h
noun · 393×
טִֽיט
tyt
noun · 13×
יוּכַ֣ל
yvkl
verb · 193×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 47×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
רֶ֥פֶשׁ
rpsh
noun · 1×
תִּשְׁקֹ֥ט
tshqt
verb · 41×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 28:5 — And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
- Isa 3:11 — Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
- Isa 3:11 — Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
- Isa 59:8 — 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.
- Jer 6:7 — As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
- Jer 49:23 — Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
- Job 18:5 — Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
- Job 20:11 — His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
- Jude 1:12 — These 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,
- Jude 1:13 — Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
- Luke 11:24 — When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
- Prov 4:16 — For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
- Prov 4:16 — For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
- Ps 73:18 — Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.