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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.

KJV

Et conversum est retrorsum judicium, et justitia longe stetit, quia corruit in platea veritas, et æquitas non potuit ingredi.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀπεστήσαμεν ὀπίσω τὴν κρίσιν, καὶ ἡ δικαιοσύνη μακρὰν ἀφέστηκεν· ὅτι καταναλώθη ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν ἡ ἀλήθεια, καὶ δι’ εὐθείας οὐκ ἐδύναντο διελθεῖν.

LXX

And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

ASV

וְ/הֻסַּ֤ג אָחוֹר֙ מִשְׁפָּ֔ט וּ/צְדָקָ֖ה מֵ/רָח֣וֹק תַּעֲמֹ֑ד כִּֽי כָשְׁלָ֤ה בָֽ/רְחוֹב֙ אֱמֶ֔ת וּ/נְכֹחָ֖ה לֹא תוּכַ֥ל לָ/בֽוֹא

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱמֶֽת
'mt
noun · 127×
אָח֑וֹר
'chvr
noun · 41×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
הָ
h
noun · 43×
י
y
noun · 422×
יִכָּשְׁל֖וּ
ykshlv
verb · 64×
יוּכַ֣ל
yvkl
verb · 193×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נְכֹחָ֖ה
nkchh
adjective · 4×
עֹמְדִ֖ים
'mdym
verb · 526×
צְדָקָ֖ה
tsdqh
noun · 157×
רָח֑וֹק
rchvq
adjective · 84×
תַּ֭סֵּג
tsg
verb · 9×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Amos 5:7 — Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
  • Amos 5:11 — Forasmuch 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, bu
  • Dan 8:12 — And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.
  • Eccl 3:16 — And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
  • Eccl 3:16 — And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
  • Exod 18:21 — Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of
  • Hab 1:4 — Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
  • Isa 1:21 — How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
  • Isa 5:23 — Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
  • Isa 10:1 — Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
  • Isa 59:4 — None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
  • Jer 5:1 — Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth;
  • Jer 5:27 — As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
  • Jer 5:31 — The 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?
  • Jer 7:28 — But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
  • Matt 12:34 — O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
  • Mic 3:9 — Hear 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.
  • Mic 7:3 — That 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.
  • Ps 60:4 — Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
  • Ps 82:2 — How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
  • Zeph 3:1 — Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!