Devine Scripture

Isaiah 57:20

Isaiah chapter 57 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

Context

v.19I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, saith Jehovah; and I will heal him.

v.20This passage

v.21There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

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.