InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Isa C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40 C41 C42 C43 C44 C45 C46 C47 C48 C49 C50 C51 C52 C53 C54 C55 C56 C57 C58 C60 C61 C62 C63 C64 C65 C66
Isa 59 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21
OET-LV And_it_has_been_driven_back backwards justice and_righteousness from_a_distance it_stands if/because it_has_stumbled in_place truth and_straightforwardness not it_is_able to_enter.
OET (OET-RV) Justice is driven right back,
⇔ and righteousness stands off at a distance,
⇔ because truth has stumbled in the public square,
⇔ and honesty can’t enter.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
וְהֻסַּ֤ג אָחוֹר֙ מִשְׁפָּ֔ט וּצְדָקָ֖ה מֵרָח֣וֹק תַּעֲמֹ֑ד
and,it_has_been_driven_back back justice and,righteousness from,a_distance stands
Isaiah is speaking of justice and righteousness as if they were persons who could be driven back and made to stand from faraway. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [And there is no justice anywhere, and righteous behavior is nowhere to be found]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
וְהֻסַּ֤ג אָחוֹר֙ מִשְׁפָּ֔ט
and,it_has_been_driven_back back justice
The expression is driven back is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [And people drive justice back]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
כָשְׁלָ֤ה בָֽרְחוֹב֙ אֱמֶ֔ת וּנְכֹחָ֖ה לֹא תוּכַ֥ל לָבֽוֹא
stumbled in,place truth and,straightforwardness not she_can to,enter
Isaiah is speaking of truth and uprightness as if they were persons who could stumble and not be able to enter a place. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [there is no truth in the public square, and honesty is nowhere to be found]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
וּנְכֹחָ֖ה
and,straightforwardness
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of uprightness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [and what is upright]
OET-LV And_it_has_been_driven_back backwards justice and_righteousness from_a_distance it_stands if/because it_has_stumbled in_place truth and_straightforwardness not it_is_able to_enter.
OET (OET-RV) Justice is driven right back,
⇔ and righteousness stands off at a distance,
⇔ because truth has stumbled in the public square,
⇔ and honesty can’t enter.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.