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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.

KJV

Rugiemus quasi ursi omnes, et quasi columbæ meditantes gememus : exspectavimus judicium, et non est ; salutem, et elongata est a nobis.

Vulgate

ὡς ἄρκος καὶ ὡς περιστερὰ ἅμα πορεύσονται· ἀνεμείναμεν κρίσιν καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν· σωτηρία μακρὰν ἀφέστηκεν ἀφ’ ἡμῶν.

LXX

We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

ASV

נֶהֱמֶ֤ה כַ/דֻּבִּים֙ כֻּלָּ֔/נוּ וְ/כַ/יּוֹנִ֖ים הָגֹ֣ה נֶהְגֶּ֑ה נְקַוֶּ֤ה לַ/מִּשְׁפָּט֙ וָ/אַ֔יִן לִֽ/ישׁוּעָ֖ה רָחֲקָ֥ה מִמֶּֽ/נּוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
דֻּבִּים֙
dbym
noun · 12×
י
y
noun · 73×
י
y
noun · 422×
יֶהְגֶּ֣ה
yhgh
verb · 25×
יּוֹנָ֖ה
yvnh
noun · 33×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
ן
n
verb · 33×
קַוֵּ֥ה
qvh
verb · 48×
תִּרְחַ֥ק
trchq
verb · 56×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 7:16 — But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
  • Ezek 7:16 — But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
  • Isa 38:14 — Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
  • Isa 38:14 — Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
  • Lam 3:17 — And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
  • Nah 2:7 — And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
  • Ps 38:8 — I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
  • Ps 55:2 — Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;