Isaiah 59:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They have not known the path of peace, and there is no justice in their ways. They have made their roads crooked; no one who walks on them will know peace. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The way of peace they know not, and there is no justice or right in their goings. They have made them into crooked paths; whoever goes in them does not know peace. [Rom. 3:15-18.] American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible They don’t know the way of peace; there’s no justice in their paths. They make their roads crooked; no one who walks in them knows peace. Catholic Public Domain Version They have not known the way of peace, and there is no judgment in their steps. Their paths have become crooked for them. Anyone who treads in them knows no peace. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They have not known the way of peace, and there is no judgment in their steps. Their paths are become crooked to them: every one that treadeth in them knoweth no peace. |
A guilty one’s conduct is crooked, but the behaviour of the innocent is upright.
The one who lives with integrity will be helped, but one who distorts right and wrong will suddenly fall.
For the vineyard of the Lord of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah, the plant he delighted in. He expected justice but saw injustice; he expected righteousness but heard cries of despair.
We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we live in the night.
I spread out my hands all day long to a rebellious people who walk in the path that is not good, following their own thoughts.
Roam through the streets of Jerusalem. Investigate; search in her squares. If you find one person, any who acts justly, who pursues faithfulness, then I will forgive her.
‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, and yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law #– #justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These things should have been done without neglecting the others.
to shine on those who live in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.