Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Woe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the LORD, who do their work in darkness and think, “Who sees us? Who will know?” New Living Translation What sorrow awaits those who try to hide their plans from the LORD, who do their evil deeds in the dark! “The LORD can’t see us,” they say. “He doesn’t know what’s going on!” English Standard Version Ah, you who hide deep from the LORD your counsel, whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?” Berean Standard Bible Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?” King James Bible Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? New King James Version Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the LORD, And their works are in the dark; They say, “Who sees us?” and, “Who knows us?” New American Standard Bible Woe to those who deeply hide their plans from the LORD, And whose deeds are done in a dark place, And they say, “Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?” NASB 1995 Woe to those who deeply hide their plans from the LORD, And whose deeds are done in a dark place, And they say, “Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?” NASB 1977 Woe to those who deeply hide their plans from the LORD, And whose deeds are done in a dark place, And they say, “Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?” Legacy Standard Bible Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, And whose deeds are done in a dark place, And they say, “Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?” Amplified Bible Woe (judgment is coming) to those who [try to] deeply hide their plans from the LORD, Whose deeds are done in a dark place, And who say, “Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?” Christian Standard Bible Woe to those who go to great lengths to hide their plans from the LORD. They do their works in the dark, and say, “Who sees us? Who knows us? ” Holman Christian Standard Bible Woe to those who go to great lengths to hide their plans from the LORD. They do their works in darkness, and say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?” American Standard Version Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? Aramaic Bible in Plain English Woe to those who are perverted from LORD JEHOVAH to hide counsel, and their works are in darkness and are saying: "Who sees us?" or "Who knows what we have perverted?" Brenton Septuagint Translation Woe to them that deepen their counsel, and not by the Lord. Woe to them that take secret counsel, and whose works are in darkness, and they say, Who has seen us? and who shall know us, or what we do? Contemporary English Version You are in for trouble, if you try to hide your plans from the LORD! Or if you think what you do in the dark can't be seen. Douay-Rheims Bible Woe to you that are deep of heart, to hide your counsel from the Lord: and their works are in the dark, and they say: Who seeth us, and who knoweth us? English Revised Version Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? GOD'S WORD® Translation How horrible it will be for those who try to hide their plans from the LORD. Their deeds are done in the dark, and they say, "No one can see us" and "No one can recognize us." Good News Translation Those who try to hide their plans from the LORD are doomed! They carry out their schemes in secret and think no one will see them or know what they are doing. International Standard Version "How terrible it will be for you who go to great depths to hide your plans from the LORD, you whose deeds have been done in the dark, and who say, 'Who can see us? Who has recognized us?' JPS Tanakh 1917 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, And their works are in the dark, And they say: 'Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?' Literal Standard Version Woe [to] those going deep from YHWH to hide counsel, | And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, “Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?” Majority Standard Bible Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?” New American Bible Ah! You who would hide a plan too deep for the LORD! Who work in the dark, saying, “Who sees us, who knows us?” NET Bible Those who try to hide their plans from the LORD are as good as dead, who do their work in secret and boast, "Who sees us? Who knows what we're doing?" New Revised Standard Version Ha! You who hide a plan too deep for the LORD, whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?” New Heart English Bible Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from the LORD, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us?" and "Who knows us?" Webster's Bible Translation Woe to them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? World English Bible Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us?” and “Who knows us?” Young's Literal Translation Woe to those going deep from Jehovah to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, 'Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Woe to the City of David…14Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.” 15Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?” 16You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?… Cross References Job 22:13 Yet you say: 'What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness? Psalm 10:11 He says to himself, "God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees." Psalm 10:13 Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, "You will never call me to account." Psalm 83:3 With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish, Psalm 94:7 They say, "The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed." Isaiah 28:15 For you said, "We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place." Isaiah 30:1 "Woe to the rebellious children," declares the LORD, "to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin. Treasury of Scripture Woe to them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who sees us? and who knows us? seek Isaiah 5:18,19 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: … Isaiah 28:15,17 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: … Isaiah 30:1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: and their works Job 24:13-17 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof… Job 34:22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. Luke 12:1-3 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy… who seeth Isaiah 47:10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me. Psalm 59:7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear? Psalm 73:11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? Jump to Previous Acts Counsel Dark Darkness Deeds Deep Deeply Depths Designs Far Great Hide Plans Secret Seek Think Wo Woe Work WorksJump to Next Acts Counsel Dark Darkness Deeds Deep Deeply Depths Designs Far Great Hide Plans Secret Seek Think Wo Woe Work WorksIsaiah 29 1. God's heavy judgment upon Jerusalem7. The insatiableness of her enemies 9. The senselessness 13. And deep hypocrisy of the people 17. A promise of sanctification to the godly (15) Woe unto them . . .--The words sound like an echo of Isaiah 5:8; Isaiah 5:11; Isaiah 5:18, and show that Isaiah had not lost the power of adding to that catalogue of woes. The sins of which he speaks here may have been either the dark sensualities which lay beneath the surface of religion, or, more probably, their clandestine intrigues with this or that foreign power--Egypt, Ethiopia, Babylon--against the Assyrian invader, instead of trusting in the Lord of hosts.Verse 15. - Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord. The allusion is to the schemes which were afloat for calling in the aid of Egypt. As Isaiah had long since denounced these schemes as the height of folly (Isaiah 19:11-17), and prophesied their failure (Isaiah 20:5, 6), every effort was made to conceal them from his knowledge end from the knowledge of all who were like-minded (comp. Isaiah 30:1, 2). Steps were probably even now being taken for the carrying out of the schemes, which were studiously concealed from the prophet. Their works are in the dark. Underhand proceedings ere at all times suspicious. "Men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil." The very fact of concealment was an indication that the works in which the rulers were engaged were evil, and that they knew them to be evil. They say, Who seeth us? (comp. Psalm 73:11, "Tush, they say, How should God perceive? Is there knowledge in the Most High?"). The wicked persuade themselves that God does not see their actions. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Woeה֛וֹי (hō·w) Interjection Strong's 1945: Ah! alas! ha! to those who dig deep הַמַּעֲמִיקִ֥ים (ham·ma·‘ă·mî·qîm) Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 6009: To be, deep to hide לַסְתִּ֣ר (las·tir) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 5641: To hide, conceal their plans עֵצָ֑ה (‘ê·ṣāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6098: Advice, plan, prudence from the LORD. מֵֽיהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel In darkness בְמַחְשָׁךְ֙ (ḇə·maḥ·šāḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4285: Darkness, a dark place they do their works מַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֔ם (ma·‘ă·śê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property and say, וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say “Who מִ֥י (mî) Interrogative Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix sees us, רֹאֵ֖נוּ (rō·’ê·nū) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's 7200: To see and who וּמִ֥י (ū·mî) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix will know?” יוֹדְעֵֽנוּ׃ (yō·wḏ·‘ê·nū) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's 3045: To know Links Isaiah 29:15 NIVIsaiah 29:15 NLT Isaiah 29:15 ESV Isaiah 29:15 NASB Isaiah 29:15 KJV Isaiah 29:15 BibleApps.com Isaiah 29:15 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 29:15 Chinese Bible Isaiah 29:15 French Bible Isaiah 29:15 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 29:15 Woe to those who deeply hide their (Isa Isi Is) |
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