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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] Μὴ () οὐκ () ἰσχύει () ἡ () χεὶρ () κυρίου () τοῦ () σῶσαι; () Ἢ () ἐβάρυνεν () τὸ () οὖς () αὐτοῦ () τοῦ () μὴ () εἰσακοῦσαι; ()
[2] Ἀλλὰ () τὰ () ἁμαρτήματα () ὑμῶν () διιστῶσιν () ἀνὰ () μέσον () ὑμῶν () καὶ () τοῦ () θεοῦ, () καὶ () διὰ () τὰς () ἁμαρτίας () ὑμῶν () ἀπέστρεψεν () τὸ () πρόσωπον () αὐτοῦ () ἀφ’ () ὑμῶν () τοῦ () μὴ () ἐλεῆσαι. ()
[3] Αἱ () γὰρ () χεῖρες () ὑμῶν () μεμολυμμέναι () αἵματι () καὶ () οἱ () δάκτυλοι () ὑμῶν () ἐν () ἁμαρτίαις, () τὰ () δὲ () χείλη () ὑμῶν () ἐλάλησεν () ἀνομίαν, () καὶ () ἡ () γλῶσσα () ὑμῶν () ἀδικίαν () μελετᾷ. ()
[4] Οὐδεὶς () λαλεῖ () δίκαια, () οὐδὲ () ἔστιν () κρίσις () ἀληθινή· () πεποίθασιν () ἐπὶ () ματαίοις () καὶ () λαλοῦσιν () κενά, () ὅτι () κύουσιν πόνον () καὶ () τίκτουσιν () ἀνομίαν. ()
[5] ᾨὰ () ἀσπίδων () ἔρρηξαν () καὶ () ἱστὸν ἀράχνης ὑφαίνουσιν· καὶ () ὁ () μέλλων () τῶν () ᾠῶν () αὐτῶν () φαγεῖν () συντρίψας () οὔριον εὗρεν, () καὶ () ἐν () αὐτῷ () βασιλίσκος·
[6] ὁ () ἱστὸς αὐτῶν () οὐκ () ἔσται () εἰς () ἱμάτιον, () οὐδὲ () μὴ () περιβάλωνται () ἀπὸ () τῶν () ἔργων () αὐτῶν· () τὰ () γὰρ () ἔργα () αὐτῶν () ἔργα () ἀνομίας. ()
[7] Οἱ () δὲ () πόδες () αὐτῶν () ἐπὶ () πονηρίαν () τρέχουσιν () ταχινοὶ () ἐκχέαι () αἷμα· () καὶ () οἱ () διαλογισμοὶ () αὐτῶν () διαλογισμοὶ () ἀφρόνων, () σύντριμμα () καὶ () ταλαιπωρία () ἐν () ταῖς () ὁδοῖς () αὐτῶν. ()
[8] Καὶ () ὁδὸν () εἰρήνης () οὐκ () οἴδασιν, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () κρίσις () ἐν () ταῖς () ὁδοῖς () αὐτῶν· () αἱ () γὰρ () τρίβοι () αὐτῶν () διεστραμμέναι, () ἃς () διοδεύουσιν, () καὶ () οὐκ () οἴδασιν () εἰρήνην. ()
[9] Διὰ () τοῦτο () ἀπέστη () ἡ () κρίσις () ἀπ’ () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () καταλάβῃ () αὐτοὺς () δικαιοσύνη· () ὑπομεινάντων () αὐτῶν () φῶς () ἐγένετο () αὐτοῖς () σκότος, () μείναντες () αὐγὴν () ἐν () ἀωρίᾳ περιεπάτησαν. ()
[10] Ψηλαφήσουσιν () ὡς () τυφλοὶ () τοῖχον () καὶ () ὡς () οὐχ () ὑπαρχόντων () ὀφθαλμῶν () ψηλαφήσουσιν· () καὶ () πεσοῦνται () ἐν () μεσημβρίᾳ () ὡς () ἐν () μεσονυκτίῳ, () ὡς () ἀποθνῄσκοντες () στενάξουσιν. ()
[11] Ὡς () ἄρκος () καὶ () ὡς () περιστερὰ () ἅμα () πορεύσονται· () ἀνεμείναμεν () κρίσιν, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν· () σωτηρία () μακρὰν () ἀφέστηκεν () ἀφ’ () ἡμῶν. ()
[12] Πολλὴ () γὰρ () ἡμῶν () ἡ () ἀνομία () ἐναντίον () σου, () καὶ () αἱ () ἁμαρτίαι () ἡμῶν () ἀντέστησαν () ἡμῖν· () αἱ () γὰρ () ἀνομίαι () ἡμῶν () ἐν () ἡμῖν, () καὶ () τὰ () ἀδικήματα () ἡμῶν () ἔγνωμεν· ()
[13] ἠσεβήσαμεν () καὶ () ἐψευσάμεθα () καὶ () ἀπέστημεν () ἀπὸ () ὄπισθεν () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἡμῶν· () ἐλαλήσαμεν () ἄδικα () καὶ () ἠπειθήσαμεν, () ἐκύομεν καὶ () ἐμελετήσαμεν () ἀπὸ () καρδίας () ἡμῶν () λόγους () ἀδίκους· ()
[14] καὶ () ἀπεστήσαμεν () ὀπίσω () τὴν () κρίσιν, () καὶ () ἡ () δικαιοσύνη () μακρὰν () ἀφέστηκεν, () ὅτι () καταναλώθη () ἐν () ταῖς () ὁδοῖς () αὐτῶν () ἡ () ἀλήθεια, () καὶ () δι’ () εὐθείας () οὐκ () ἠδύναντο () διελθεῖν. ()
[15] Καὶ () ἡ () ἀλήθεια () ἦρται, () καὶ () μετέστησαν () τὴν () διάνοιαν () τοῦ () συνιέναι· () καὶ () εἶδεν () κύριος, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἤρεσεν () αὐτῷ, () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἦν () κρίσις. ()
[16] Καὶ () εἶδεν () καὶ () οὐκ () ἦν () ἀνήρ, () καὶ () κατενόησεν () καὶ () οὐκ () ἦν () ὁ () ἀντιλημψόμενος, () καὶ () ἠμύνατο () αὐτοὺς () τῷ () βραχίονι () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τῇ () ἐλεημοσύνῃ () ἐστηρίσατο. ()
[17] Καὶ () ἐνεδύσατο () δικαιοσύνην () ὡς () θώρακα () καὶ () περιέθετο () περικεφαλαίαν () σωτηρίου () ἐπὶ () τῆς () κεφαλῆς () καὶ () περιεβάλετο () ἱμάτιον () ἐκδικήσεως () καὶ () τὸ () περιβόλαιον ()
[18] ὡς () ἀνταποδώσων () ἀνταπόδοσιν () ὄνειδος () τοῖς () ὑπεναντίοις. ()
[19] Καὶ () φοβηθήσονται () οἱ () ἀπὸ () δυσμῶν () τὸ () ὄνομα () κυρίου () καὶ () οἱ () ἀπ’ () ἀνατολῶν () ἡλίου () τὸ () ὄνομα () τὸ () ἔνδοξον· () ἥξει () γὰρ () ὡς () ποταμὸς () βίαιος () ἡ () ὀργὴ () παρὰ () κυρίου, () ἥξει () μετὰ () θυμοῦ. ()
[20] Καὶ () ἥξει () ἕνεκεν () Σιων () ὁ () ῥυόμενος () καὶ () ἀποστρέψει () ἀσεβείας () ἀπὸ () Ιακωβ. ()
[21] Καὶ () αὕτη () αὐτοῖς () ἡ () παρ’ () ἐμοῦ () διαθήκη, () εἶπεν () κύριος· () τὸ () πνεῦμα () τὸ () ἐμόν, () ὅ () ἐστιν () ἐπὶ () σοί, () καὶ () τὰ () ῥήματα, () ἃ () ἔδωκα () εἰς () τὸ () στόμα () σου, () οὐ () μὴ () ἐκλίπῃ () ἐκ () τοῦ () στόματός () σου () καὶ () ἐκ () τοῦ () στόματος () τοῦ () σπέρματός () σου, () εἶπεν () γὰρ () κύριος, () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () νῦν () καὶ () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.