Isaiah 57:20
What does Isaiah 57:20 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 57:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
KJV
King James Version · 1611But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But the evil-doers are like the troubled sea, for which there is no rest, and its waters send up earth and waste.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the wicked <FI>are<Fi> as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But the wicked are like the raging sea, which cannot rest, and the waves thereof cast up dirt and mire.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890But the wicked are like the troubled sea, which cannot rest, and whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 18:5
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.
- Isaiah 3:11
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
- Jude 1:12
These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
- Proverbs 4:16
For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
- Job 20:11
His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.
- Psalms 73:18
Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.
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