Isaiah 57:1-2
New Living Translation
57 Good people pass away;
the godly often die before their time.
But no one seems to care or wonder why.
No one seems to understand
that God is protecting them from the evil to come.
2 For those who follow godly paths
will rest in peace when they die.
Isaiah 57:1-2
International Standard Version
Israel’s Idolatry
57 “Also[a] the righteous are perishing,[b]
but no one takes it to heart;
devout people[c] are taken away,
while no one understands
that the righteous person is taken away from calamity.
2 Then[d] he enters into peace,
and[e] they’ll rest on his[f] couches,
each one living righteously.[g]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 57:1 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT lacks Also; cf. LXX
- Isaiah 57:1 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read righteous person has perished
- Isaiah 57:1 Lit. people of the mercy; so 1QIsaa MT reads people of mercy; LXX reads just men
- Isaiah 57:2 Or and; so 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack Then
- Isaiah 57:2 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks and
- Isaiah 57:2 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read their
- Isaiah 57:2 Lit. one walking in his uprightness; so 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT reads her uprightness
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