Isaiah 57:20
World English Bible (WEB)
But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud.
In context
18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,” says the LORD; “and I will heal them.”
20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud.
21 “There is no peace”, says my God, “for the wicked.”
Isaiah 57:20 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud.
- KJV King James Version
- But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And the wicked [are] as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire.
- DBY Darby Translation
- But the wicked are like the troubled sea, which cannot rest, and whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.