Isaiah 57:2
What does Isaiah 57:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 57:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He entereth into peace; they rest in their beds, each one that walketh in his uprightness.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He entereth into peace; they rest in their beds, each one that walketh in his uprightness.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949They are at rest in their last resting-places, every one going straight before him.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862He entereth into peace, they rest on their beds, <FI>Each<Fi> is going straightforward.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Let peace come, let him rest in his bed that hath walked in his uprightness.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He entereth into peace: they rest in their beds, [each one] that hath walked in his uprightness.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ecclesiastes 12:7
and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.
- Isaiah 14:18
All the kings of the nations, all of them, sleep in glory, every one in his own house.
- Luke 2:29
Now lettest thou thy servant depart, Lord, According to thy word, in peace;
- 2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
- 2 Chronicles 16:14
And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and divers kinds of spices prepared by the perfumers’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.
- Isaiah 26:7
The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just.
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