He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.
Isaiah 59:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Therefore is judgement far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but behold darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore are justice and right far from us, and righteousness and salvation do not overtake us. We expectantly wait for light, but [only] see darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity and gloom. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity. Common English Bible Because of all this, justice is far from us, and righteousness beyond our reach. We expect light, and there is darkness; we await a gleam of light, but walk about in gloom. Catholic Public Domain Version Because of this, judgment is far from us, and justice will not take hold of us. We waited for light, and behold, darkness; we waited for brightness, and we walked in darkness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore is judgment far from us and justice shall not overtake us. We looked for light, and behold darkness: brightness, and we have walked in the dark. |
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.
When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.
They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are moved.
The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.
And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and distress, and the light is darkened in the clouds thereof.
We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgement, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
And judgement is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgement in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace.
And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward,
and they shall look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness they shall be driven away.
Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains; and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold dismay!
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold dismay!
They wander as blind men in the streets, that are polluted with blood, so that men cannot touch their garments.
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good: because evil is come down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;
When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.