Isaiah 59:14
World English Bible (WEB)
Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness can’t enter.
In context
12 For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them:
13 transgressing and denying the LORD, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
14 Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness can’t enter.
15 Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. The LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.
16 He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor. Therefore his own arm brought salvation to him; and his righteousness sustained him.
Isaiah 59:14 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness can’t enter.
- KJV King James Version
- And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And removed backward is judgment, And righteousness afar off standeth, For truth hath been feeble in the street, And straightforwardness is not able to enter,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And judgment is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth stumbleth in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.