Isaiah 59:3-8
King James Version
3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
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Isaiah 59:3-8
New International Version
3 For your hands are stained with blood,(A)
your fingers with guilt.(B)
Your lips have spoken falsely,(C)
and your tongue mutters wicked things.
4 No one calls for justice;(D)
no one pleads a case with integrity.
They rely(E) on empty arguments, they utter lies;(F)
they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.(G)
5 They hatch the eggs of vipers(H)
and spin a spider’s web.(I)
Whoever eats their eggs will die,
and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.
6 Their cobwebs are useless for clothing;
they cannot cover themselves with what they make.(J)
Their deeds are evil deeds,
and acts of violence(K) are in their hands.
7 Their feet rush into sin;
they are swift to shed innocent blood.(L)
They pursue evil schemes;(M)
acts of violence mark their ways.(N)
8 The way of peace they do not know;(O)
there is no justice in their paths.
They have turned them into crooked roads;(P)
no one who walks along them will know peace.(Q)
Isaiah 59:3-8
New King James Version
3 For (A)your hands are defiled with [a]blood,
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken lies,
Your tongue has muttered perversity.
4 No one calls for justice,
Nor does any plead for truth.
They trust in (B)empty words and speak lies;
(C)They conceive [b]evil and bring forth iniquity.
5 They hatch vipers’ eggs and weave the spider’s web;
He who eats of their eggs dies,
And from that which is crushed a viper breaks out.
6 (D)Their webs will not become garments,
Nor will they cover themselves with their works;
Their works are works of iniquity,
And the act of violence is in their hands.
7 (E)Their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed (F)innocent blood;
(G)Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
Wasting and (H)destruction are in their paths.
8 The way of (I)peace they have not known,
And there is no justice in their ways;
(J)They have made themselves crooked paths;
Whoever takes that way shall not know peace.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 59:3 bloodshed
- Isaiah 59:4 trouble
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