Isaiah 59:10
What does Isaiah 59:10 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 59:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000We grope for the wall like the blind; yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men.
KJV
King James Version · 1611We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901We grope for the wall like the blind; yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949We go on our way, like blind men feeling for the wall, even like those who have no eyes: we are running against things in daylight as if it was evening; our place is in the dark like dead men.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862We feel like the blind <FI>for<Fi> the wall, Yea, as without eyes we feel, We have stumbled at noon as at twilight, In desolate places as the dead.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752We have groped for the wall, and like the blind we have groped as if we had no eyes: we have stumbled at noonday as in darkness, we are in dark places, as dead men.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at midday as in the twilight; amongst the flourishing we are as the dead.
Context
v.9Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
v.10This passage
v.11We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 John 2:11
But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.
- Lamentations 4:14
They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.
- Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
- Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.
- Deuteronomy 28:29
and thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee.
- Isaiah 8:15
And many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
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