Isaiah 59:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁴ And judgement is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) stands far off; for truth has fallen in the street (the city's forum), and uprightness cannot enter [the courts of justice].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Justice is pushed aside; righteousness stands far off, because truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty can’t enter.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ And judgment has been turned backwards, and justice has stood far away. For truth has fallen down in the street, and fairness was not able to enter.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ And judgment is turned away backward, and justice hath stood far off: because truth hath fallen down in the street and equity could not come in.

Isaiah 59:14 Cross References

1 Kings 21:10

and set two men, sons of Belial, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst curse God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he die.

1 Kings 21:11

And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.

Psalm 119:150

They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; They are far from thy law.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of judgement, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

Isaiah 1:21

How is the faithful city become an harlot! she that was full of judgement! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

Isaiah 46:12

Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:

Isaiah 5:23

which justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Isaiah 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 judgement, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

Isaiah 59:11

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.

Isaiah 59:4

None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

Isaiah 59:9

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.

Jeremiah 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?

Jeremiah 7:28

And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation that hath not hearkened to the voice of the LORD their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

Daniel 8:12

And the host was given over to it together with the continual burnt offering through transgression; and it cast down truth to the ground, and it did its pleasure and prospered.

Hosea 7:1

When I would heal Israel, then is the iniquity of Ephraim discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood: and the thief entereth in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.

Amos 5:11

Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.

Amos 5:7

Ye who turn judgement to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth;

Amos 6:12

Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? that ye have turned judgement into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood:

Habakkuk 1:4

Therefore the law is slacked, and judgement doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore judgement goeth forth perverted.