Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The path of the righteous is level; you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth. New Living Translation But for those who are righteous, the way is not steep and rough. You are a God who does what is right, and you smooth out the path ahead of them. English Standard Version The path of the righteous is level; you make level the way of the righteous. Berean Standard Bible The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright. King James Bible The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. New King James Version The way of the just is uprightness; O Most Upright, You weigh the path of the just. New American Standard Bible The way of the righteous is smooth; O Upright One, make the path of the righteous level. NASB 1995 The way of the righteous is smooth; O Upright One, make the path of the righteous level. NASB 1977 The way of the righteous is smooth; O Upright One, make the path of the righteous level. Legacy Standard Bible The way of the righteous is upright; O Upright One, make the path of the righteous level. Amplified Bible The way of the righteous [those in right-standing with God—living in moral and spiritual integrity] is smooth and level; O Upright One, make a level path for the just and righteous. Christian Standard Bible The path of the righteous is level; you clear a straight path for the righteous. Holman Christian Standard Bible The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the righteous. American Standard Version The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The straight path for the poor and the straight and level road of the righteous ones Brenton Septuagint Translation The way of the godly is made straight: the way of the godly is also prepared. Contemporary English Version Our LORD, you always do right, and you make the path smooth for those who obey you. Douay-Rheims Bible The way of the just is right, the path of the just is right to walk in. English Revised Version The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art up right dost direct the path of the just. GOD'S WORD® Translation The path of the righteous is level. O Upright One, you make the road of the righteous smooth. Good News Translation LORD, you make the path smooth for good people; the road they travel is level. International Standard Version "The path of the righteous is level; O Upright One, you make safe the way of justice. JPS Tanakh 1917 The way of the just is straight; Thou, Most Upright, makest plain the path of the just. Literal Standard Version The path for the righteous [is] uprightness, | O upright One, | You ponder the path of the righteous. Majority Standard Bible The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright. New American Bible The way of the just is smooth; the path of the just you make level. NET Bible The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight. New Revised Standard Version The way of the righteous is level; O Just One, you make smooth the path of the righteous. New Heart English Bible The way of the righteous is level. O Just One, you make the path of the righteous smooth. Webster's Bible Translation The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. World English Bible The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level. Young's Literal Translation The path for the righteous is uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Song of Trust in God's Provision…6Feet trample it down—the feet of the oppressed, the steps of the poor. 7The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright. 8Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.… Cross References Psalm 25:4 Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths. Psalm 25:5 Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You. Psalm 27:11 Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors. Proverbs 4:18 The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday. Isaiah 42:16 I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them. Isaiah 52:12 For you will not leave in a hurry nor flee in haste, for the LORD goes before you, and the God of Israel is your rear guard. Isaiah 57:2 Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death. Treasury of Scripture The way of the just is uprightness: you, most upright, do weigh the path of the just. way Isaiah 35:8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. 1 Chronicles 29:17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. Job 27:5,6 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me… most 1 Samuel 2:2-4 There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God… Job 31:6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. Psalm 1:6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. Jump to Previous Direct Good Level Makest Path Plain Ponder Righteous Road Smooth Straight Upright Uprightness Way WeighJump to Next Direct Good Level Makest Path Plain Ponder Righteous Road Smooth Straight Upright Uprightness Way WeighIsaiah 26 1. Trust in God's Provision(7) The way of the just is uprightness.--The English version seems somewhat tautologous. Better, is straight, or is even--i.e., leads on without interruption to its appointed end. So, in the second clause, instead of "thou shalt weigh the path," which conveys a not very intelligible thought, we render, makest smooth the path. Probably, too, the word translated, "most upright," as if it were a vocative, should be taken adverbially. The verse is, as it were, an echo of Proverbs 4:26; Proverbs 5:6; Proverbs 5:21.Verse 7. - The way of the just is uprightness; or, the path for the just is straight. It is one of the main blessings of the righteous that God "makes their way straight before their face" (Psalm 4:8), "leads them in a plain path" (Psalm 27:11), "shows them the way they are to walk in" (Psalm 143:8), so that they are for the most part free from doubt and perplexity as to the line of conduct which it behooves them to, pursue. If this is so in the present life, still more will it be the uniform condition of the just in another sphere. Then God will of a surety "direct all their paths" (Proverbs 3:6). Thou, most upright, dost weigh; literally, O upright One, thou dost weigh. The term "upright" is applied to God in Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalm 25:8; and Psalm 92:16. By "weighing the path of the just" is meant keeping it, as Justice keeps her scales, straight and level. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The pathאֹ֥רַח (’ō·raḥ) Noun - common singular Strong's 734: A well-trodden road, a caravan of the righteous לַצַּדִּ֖יק (laṣ·ṣad·dîq) Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6662: Just, righteous is level; מֵֽישָׁרִ֑ים (mê·šā·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4339: Evenness, prosperity, concord, straightness, rectitude You clear תְּפַלֵּֽס׃ (tə·p̄al·lês) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6424: To roll flat, prepare, to revolve, weigh a straight צַדִּ֖יק (ṣad·dîq) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6662: Just, righteous path מַעְגַּ֥ל (ma‘·gal) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4570: An entrenchment, track for the righteous. יָשָׁ֕ר (yā·šār) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 3477: Straight, right Links Isaiah 26:7 NIVIsaiah 26:7 NLT Isaiah 26:7 ESV Isaiah 26:7 NASB Isaiah 26:7 KJV Isaiah 26:7 BibleApps.com Isaiah 26:7 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 26:7 Chinese Bible Isaiah 26:7 French Bible Isaiah 26:7 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 26:7 The way of the just is uprightness (Isa Isi Is) |
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