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Isaiah 59:15

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.

KJV

Et facta est veritas in oblivionem, et qui recessit a malo, prædæ patuit. Et vidit Dominus, et malum apparuit in oculis ejus, quia non est judicium.

Vulgate

καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια ἦρται, καὶ μετέστησαν τὴν διάνοιαν τοῦ συνιέναι· καὶ εἶδεν Κύριος, καὶ οὐκ ἤρεσεν αὐτῷ, ὅτι οὐκ ἦν κρίσις.

LXX

Yea, truth is lacking; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

ASV

וַ/תְּהִ֤י הָֽ/אֱמֶת֙ נֶעְדֶּ֔רֶת וְ/סָ֥ר מֵ/רָ֖ע מִשְׁתּוֹלֵ֑ל וַ/יַּ֧רְא יְהוָ֛ה וַ/יֵּ֥רַע בְּ/עֵינָ֖י/ו כִּֽי אֵ֥ין מִשְׁפָּֽט

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱמֶֽת
'mt
noun · 127×
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
י
y
noun · 422×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֵּ֥רַע
yr'
verb · 102×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נֶעְדָּ֔ר
n'dr
verb · 10×
סָ֥ר
sr
verb · 301×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×
שָׁלְל֣וּ
shllv
verb · 16×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1John 3:11 — For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
  • Heb 11:36 — And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
  • Isa 40:10 — Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
  • 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 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.
  • Jer 17:5 — Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
  • Lam 3:36 — To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not.
  • Mic 7:2 — The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
  • Ps 5:9 — For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
  • Ps 12:1 — Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
  • Rom 8:36 — As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.