Isaiah 1:16
What does Isaiah 1:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 1:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
KJV
King James Version · 1611Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Wash yourselves, be clean, take away the evil of your devices from my eyes, cease to do perversely,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; — cease to do evil,
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 3:8
Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance:
- Jeremiah 25:5
saying, Return ye now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Jehovah hath given unto you and to your fathers, from of old and even for evermore;
- Job 11:13
If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him;
- Romans 12:9
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
- Psalms 37:27
Depart from evil, and do good; And dwell for evermore.
- 1 Peter 3:11
And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it.
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