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World English Bible

Isaiah 59 (WEBP)

[1] Behold, Yahweh’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save; nor his ear dull, that it can’t hear.
[2] But your iniquities have separated you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
[3] For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies. Your tongue mutters wickedness.
[4] No one sues in righteousness, and no one pleads in truth. They trust in vanity and speak lies. They conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
[5] They hatch adders’ eggs and weave the spider’s web. He who eats of their eggs dies; and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.
[6] Their webs won’t become garments. They won’t cover themselves with their works. Their works are works of iniquity, and acts of violence are in their hands.
[7] Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. Desolation and destruction are in their paths.
[8] They don’t know the way of peace; and there is no justice in their ways. They have made crooked paths for themselves; whoever goes in them doesn’t know peace.
[9] 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.
[10] We grope for the wall like the blind. Yes, we grope as those who have no eyes. We stumble at noon as if it were twilight. Among those who are strong, we are like dead men.
[11] We all roar like bears and moan sadly like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far off from us.
[12] For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them:
[13] transgressing and denying Yahweh, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
[14] Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness can’t enter.
[15] Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Yahweh saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.
[16] He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor. Therefore his own arm brought salvation to him; and his righteousness sustained him.
[17] He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head. He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.
[18] According to their deeds, he will repay as appropriate: wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies. He will repay the islands their due.
[19] So they will fear Yahweh’s name from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which Yahweh’s breath drives.
[20] “A Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those who turn from disobedience in Jacob,” says Yahweh.
[21] “As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says Yahweh. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says Yahweh, “from now on and forever.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Isaiah 59 (KJVS)

[1] Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, () that it cannot save; () neither his ear heavy, () that it cannot hear: ()
[2] but your iniquities have separated () between you and your God, and your sins have hid () his face from you, that he will not hear. ()
[3] For your hands are defiled () with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken () lies, your tongue hath muttered () perverseness.
[4] None calleth () for justice, nor any pleadeth () for truth: they trust () in vanity, and speak () lies; they conceive () mischief, and bring forth () iniquity.
[5] They hatch () cockatrice’ eggs, and weave () the spider’s web: he that eateth () of their eggs dieth, () and that which is crushed breaketh out () into a viper.
[6] Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover () themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
[7] Their feet run () to evil, and they make haste () to shed () innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
[8] 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.
[9] 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.
[10] We grope () for the wall like the blind, and we grope () as if we had no eyes: we stumble () at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead () men.
[11] We roar () all like bears, and mourn () sore () like doves: we look () for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off () from us.
[12] For our transgressions are multiplied () before thee, and our sins testify () against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know () them;
[13] in transgressing () and lying () against the Lord, and departing away () from our God, speaking () oppression and revolt, conceiving () and uttering () from the heart words of falsehood.
[14] And judgment is turned away () backward, and justice standeth () afar off: for truth is fallen () in the street, and equity cannot () enter. ()
[15] Yea, truth faileth; () and he that departeth () from evil maketh himself a prey: () and the Lord saw () it, and it displeased () him that there was no judgment.
[16] And he saw () that there was no man, and wondered () that there was no intercessor: () therefore his arm brought salvation () unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained () him.
[17] For he put on () righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on () the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad () with zeal as a cloke.
[18] According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, () fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; () to the islands he will repay () recompence.
[19] So shall they fear () the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in () like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard () against him.
[20] And the Redeemer () shall come () to Zion, and unto them that turn () from transgression in Jacob, saith () the Lord.
[21] As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith () the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put () in thy mouth, shall not depart () out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith () the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.

Isaiah 59:2 Or, have made him hide
Isaiah 59:5a Or, adders
Isaiah 59:5b Or, that which is sprinkled is as if there brake out a viper
Isaiah 59:7 Heb. breaking
Isaiah 59:8 Or, right
Isaiah 59:15a Or, is accounted mad
Isaiah 59:15b Heb. it was evil in his eyes
Isaiah 59:18 Heb. recompences
Isaiah 59:19 Or, put him to flight

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Isaiah 59 (BYZ)

[1] μη ουκ ισχυει η χειρ κυριου του σωσαι η εβαρυνεν το ους αυτου του μη εισακουσαι
[2] αλλα τα αμαρτηματα υμων διιστωσιν ανα μεσον υμων και του θεου και δια τας αμαρτιας υμων απεστρεψεν το προσωπον αυτου αφ υμων του μη ελεησαι
[3] αι γαρ χειρες υμων μεμολυμμεναι αιματι και οι δακτυλοι υμων εν αμαρτιαις τα δε χειλη υμων ελαλησεν ανομιαν και η γλωσσα υμων αδικιαν μελετα
[4] ουδεις λαλει δικαια ουδε εστιν κρισις αληθινη πεποιθασιν επι ματαιοις και λαλουσιν κενα οτι κυουσιν πονον και τικτουσιν ανομιαν
[5] ωα ασπιδων ερρηξαν και ιστον αραχνης υφαινουσιν και ο μελλων των ωων αυτων φαγειν συντριψας ουριον ευρεν και εν αυτω βασιλισκος
[6] ο ιστος αυτων ουκ εσται εις ιματιον ουδε μη περιβαλωνται απο των εργων αυτων τα γαρ εργα αυτων εργα ανομιας
[7] οι δε ποδες αυτων επι πονηριαν τρεχουσιν ταχινοι εκχεαι αιμα και οι διαλογισμοι αυτων διαλογισμοι αφρονων συντριμμα και ταλαιπωρια εν ταις οδοις αυτων
[8] και οδον ειρηνης ουκ οιδασιν και ουκ εστιν κρισις εν ταις οδοις αυτων αι γαρ τριβοι αυτων διεστραμμεναι ας διοδευουσιν και ουκ οιδασιν ειρηνην
[9] δια τουτο απεστη η κρισις απ αυτων και ου μη καταλαβη αυτους δικαιοσυνη υπομειναντων αυτων φως εγενετο αυτοις σκοτος μειναντες αυγην εν αωρια περιεπατησαν
[10] ψηλαφησουσιν ως τυφλοι τοιχον και ως ουχ υπαρχοντων οφθαλμων ψηλαφησουσιν και πεσουνται εν μεσημβρια ως εν μεσονυκτιω ως αποθνησκοντες στεναξουσιν
[11] ως αρκος και ως περιστερα αμα πορευσονται ανεμειναμεν κρισιν και ουκ εστιν σωτηρια μακραν αφεστηκεν αφ ημων
[12] πολλη γαρ ημων η ανομια εναντιον σου και αι αμαρτιαι ημων αντεστησαν ημιν αι γαρ ανομιαι ημων εν ημιν και τα αδικηματα ημων εγνωμεν
[13] ησεβησαμεν και εψευσαμεθα και απεστημεν απο οπισθεν του θεου ημων ελαλησαμεν αδικα και ηπειθησαμεν εκυομεν και εμελετησαμεν απο καρδιας ημων λογους αδικους
[14] και απεστησαμεν οπισω την κρισιν και η δικαιοσυνη μακραν αφεστηκεν οτι καταναλωθη εν ταις οδοις αυτων η αληθεια και δι ευθειας ουκ ηδυναντο διελθειν
[15] και η αληθεια ηρται και μετεστησαν την διανοιαν του συνιεναι και ειδεν κυριος και ουκ ηρεσεν αυτω οτι ουκ ην κρισις
[16] και ειδεν και ουκ ην ανηρ και κατενοησεν και ουκ ην ο αντιλημψομενος και ημυνατο αυτους τω βραχιονι αυτου και τη ελεημοσυνη εστηρισατο
[17] και ενεδυσατο δικαιοσυνην ως θωρακα και περιεθετο περικεφαλαιαν σωτηριου επι της κεφαλης και περιεβαλετο ιματιον εκδικησεως και το περιβολαιον
[18] ως ανταποδωσων ανταποδοσιν ονειδος τοις υπεναντιοις
[19] και φοβηθησονται οι απο δυσμων το ονομα κυριου και οι απ ανατολων ηλιου το ονομα το ενδοξον ηξει γαρ ως ποταμος βιαιος η οργη παρα κυριου ηξει μετα θυμου
[20] και ηξει ενεκεν σιων ο ρυομενος και αποστρεψει ασεβειας απο ιακωβ
[21] και αυτη αυτοις η παρ εμου διαθηκη ειπεν κυριος το πνευμα το εμον ο εστιν επι σοι και τα ρηματα α εδωκα εις το στομα σου ου μη εκλιπη εκ του στοματος σου και εκ του στοματος του σπερματος σου ειπεν γαρ κυριος απο του νυν και εις τον αιωνα

The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Dedicated to the public domain by Guardian Press, Inc. and J. Jeffrey Dodson.