ISA 59:9 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Διατοῦτο ἀπέστη ἡ κρίσις ἀπʼ αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐ μὴ καταλάβῃ αὐτοὺς δικαιοσύνη· ὑπομεινάντων αὐτῶν φῶς ἐγένετο αὐτοῖς σκότος, μείναντες αὐγὴν ἐν ἀωρίᾳ περιεπάτησαν.
(Diatouto apestaʸ haʸ krisis apʼ autōn, kai ou maʸ katalabaʸ autous dikaiosunaʸ; hupomeinantōn autōn fōs egeneto autois skotos, meinantes augaʸn en aōria periepataʸsan. )

BrTr Therefore has judgment departed from them, and righteousness shall not overtake them: while they waited for light, darkness came upon them; while they waited for brightness, they walked in perplexity.

ULT ⇔ Therefore justice is far from us,
⇔ and righteousness does not reach us.
⇔ We wait for light, but behold, darkness;
⇔ for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

UST Because of that, God does not rescue us from our enemies,
⇔ it seems that he is not acting fairly toward us.
⇔ We expect God to give us light,
⇔ but all he gives us is darkness.

BSB ⇔ Therefore justice is far from us,
⇔ and righteousness does not reach us.
⇔ We hope for light, but there is darkness;
⇔ for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

OEB For this cause our right remains far,
⇔ and no victory yet overtakes us;
⇔ we look for the light, but lo! Darkness –
⇔ for brightness, but walk in the gloom.

WEBBE ⇔ Therefore justice is far from us,
⇔ and righteousness doesn’t overtake us.
⇔ We look for light, but see darkness;
⇔ for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For this reason deliverance is far from us
⇔ and salvation does not reach us.
⇔ We wait for light, but see only darkness;
⇔ we wait for a bright light, but live in deep darkness.

LSV Therefore judgment has been far from us,
And righteousness does not reach us,
We wait for light, and behold, darkness,
For brightness—in thick darkness we go,

FBV So that's why we don't have justice, and we don't do what's right. We look for the light, but only find the dark; we look for bright light, but we walk in deep darkness.

T4T ⇔ Because of that, God does not rescue us from our enemies;
⇔ it seems that he is not acting fairly/righteously toward us.
⇔ We expect God to give us light,
⇔ but all he gives us is darkness [DOU].

LEB • and righteousness does not reach us. • We wait for light, but[fn] look! there is darkness; • for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

59:? Or “and”

BBE For this cause our right is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us: we are looking for light, but there is only the dark; for the shining of the sun, but our way is in the night.

Moff No Moff ISA book available

JPS Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us; we look for light, but behold darkness, for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

ASV 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.

DRA 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.

YLT Therefore hath judgment been far from us, And righteousness reacheth us not, We wait for light, and lo, darkness, For brightness — in thick darkness we go,

Drby Therefore is justice far from us, and righteousness overtaketh us not: we wait for light, and behold darkness; for brightness, [but] we walk in obscurity.

RV Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but behold darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-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.
(¶ Therefore is judgement far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. )

KJB-1611 ¶ Therefore is iudgement farre from vs, neither doth iustice ouertake vs: we waite for light, but behold obscuritie, for brightnesse, but we walke in darknesse.
(¶ Therefore is judgement far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscuritie, for brightness, but we walk in darkness.)

Bshps And this is the cause that equitie is so farre from vs, and that righteousnesse commeth not nie vs: We loke for light, lo it is darknesse: for the morning shine, see, we walke in the darke.
(And this is the cause that equitie is so far from us, and that righteousnesse cometh/comes not nie us: We look for light, lo it is darkness: for the morning shine, see, we walk in the darke.)

Gnva Therefore is iudgement farre from vs, neither doeth iustice come neere vnto vs: we waite for light, but loe, it is darkenesse: for brightnesse, but we walke in darkenesse.
(Therefore is judgement far from us, neither doeth justice come near unto us: we wait for light, but lo, it is darkness: for brightness, but we walk in darkness. )

Cvdl And this is ye cause yt equite is so farre fro vs, & yt rightuousnes cometh not nye vs. We loke for light, lo, it is darknesse: for ye mornynge shyne, se, we walke in ye darke.
(And this is ye/you_all cause it equite is so far from us, and it rightuousnes cometh/comes not nigh/near us. We look for light, lo, it is darkness: for ye/you_all morning shyne, se, we walk in ye/you_all darke.)

Wycl Therfor doom is made fer fro vs, and riytfulnesse schal not take vs; we abididen liyt, and lo! derknessis ben; we abididen schynyng, and we yeden in derknessis.
(Therefore doom is made far from us, and riytfulnesse shall not take us; we abididen light, and lo! darkness ben; we abididen schynyng, and we went in darkness.)

Luth Darum ist das Recht ferne von uns, und wir erlangen die Gerechtigkeit nicht. Wir harren aufs Licht, siehe, so wird‘s finster, auf den Schein, siehe, so wandeln wir im Dunkeln.
(Therefore is the law ferne from uns, and we/us erlangen the Gerechtigkeit not. We harren onto light, look, so wird‘s finster, on the Schein, look, so wandeln we/us in_the Dunkeln.)

ClVg Propter hoc elongatum est judicium a nobis, et non apprehendet nos justitia. Exspectavimus lucem, et ecce tenebræ; splendorem, et in tenebris ambulavimus.[fn]
(Because this elongatum it_is yudicium from nobis, and not/no apprehendet we justitia. Exspectavimus lucem, and behold tenebræ; splendorem, and in darkness ambulavimus. )

59.9 Propter hoc ID. Propheta in persona populi pœnitentis respondet, post accusationem, quid loqui debeant pœnitentes.

59.9 Because hoc ID. Propheta in persona of_the_people pœnitentis respondet, after accusationem, quid loqui debeant pœnitentes.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

(Occurrence 0) justice is far from us

(Some words not found in UHB: on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so far justice from=him/it and=not reach,us righteousness hope to_the=light and=see/lo/see! darkness for,brightness in/on/at/with,gloom walk )

Here “us” refers to Isaiah and the people of Israel. “Far” represents that justice is gone and difficult to get. Alternate translation: “justice is gone and very difficult to get” (See also: figs-metaphor)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

(Occurrence 0) We wait for light, but see darkness; we look for brightness, but we walk in darkness

Each of these phrases means that the people are waiting for God’s goodness, but it seems like he has abandoned them. (See also: figs-metaphor)

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