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Isaiah 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.

KJV

Viam pacis nescierunt, et non est judicium in gressibus eorum ; semitæ eorum incurvatæ sunt eis : omnis qui calcat in eis, ignorat pacem.

Vulgate

καὶ ὁδὸν εἰρήνης οὐκ οἴδασιν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν κρίσις ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν· αἱ γὰρ τρίβοι αὐτῶν διεστραμμέναι ἃς διοδεύουσιν, καὶ οὐκ οἴδασιν εἰρήνην.

LXX

The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace.

ASV

דֶּ֤רֶךְ שָׁלוֹם֙ לֹ֣א יָדָ֔עוּ וְ/אֵ֥ין מִשְׁפָּ֖ט בְּ/מַעְגְּלוֹתָ֑/ם נְתִיבֽוֹתֵי/הֶם֙ עִקְּשׁ֣וּ לָ/הֶ֔ם כֹּ֚ל דֹּרֵ֣ךְ בָּ֔/הּ לֹ֥א יָדַ֖ע שָׁלֽוֹם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
י
y
noun · 422×
י
y
noun · 26×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מַּעְגָּ֔ל
m'gl
noun · 16×
נִי
ny
verb · 63×
עִקְּשׁ֣וּ
'qshv
verb · 5×
שָׁלֽוֹם
shlvm
noun · 235×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Amos 6:1 — Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
  • Hos 4:1 — Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
  • Isa 5:7 — For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
  • Isa 57:20 — But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
  • Isa 57:21 — There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
  • 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;
  • Luke 1:79 — To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
  • Matt 23:23 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have do
  • Prov 2:15 — Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
  • Ps 58:1 — Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
  • Ps 125:5 — As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
  • Rom 3:12 — They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
  • Rom 3:17 — And the way of peace have they not known:
  • Rom 3:17 — And the way of peace have they not known: