Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. New Living Translation What sorrow for those who say that evil is good and good is evil, that dark is light and light is dark, that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter. English Standard Version Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Berean Standard Bible Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter. King James Bible Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! New King James Version Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! New American Standard Bible Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! NASB 1995 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! NASB 1977 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Legacy Standard Bible Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Amplified Bible Woe (judgment is coming) to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Christian Standard Bible Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. Holman Christian Standard Bible Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. American Standard Version Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Aramaic Bible in Plain English Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, and put light for darkness and darkness for light, and put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Brenton Septuagint Translation Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; who make darkness light, and light darkness; who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter. Contemporary English Version You are headed for trouble! You say wrong is right, darkness is light, and bitter is sweet. Douay-Rheims Bible Woe to you that call evil good, and good evil: that put darkness for light, and light for darkness: that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. English Revised Version Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! GOD'S WORD® Translation How horrible it will be for those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn what is bitter into something sweet and what is sweet into something bitter. Good News Translation You are doomed! You call evil good and call good evil. You turn darkness into light and light into darkness. You make what is bitter sweet, and what is sweet you make bitter. International Standard Version "How terrible it will be for those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute what is bitter for what is sweet and what is sweet for what is bitter!" JPS Tanakh 1917 Woe unto them that call evil good, And good evil; That change darkness into light, And light into darkness; That change bitter into sweet, And sweet into bitter! Literal Standard Version Woe [to] those saying to evil “good,” and to good “evil,” | Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, | Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. Majority Standard Bible Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter. New American Bible Ah! Those who call evil good, and good evil, who change darkness to light, and light into darkness, who change bitter to sweet, and sweet into bitter! NET Bible Those who call evil good and good evil are as good as dead, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter. New Revised Standard Version Ah, you who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! New Heart English Bible Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. Webster's Bible Translation Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! World English Bible Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Young's Literal Translation Woe to those saying to evil 'good,' And to good 'evil,' Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Woes to the Wicked…19to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!” 20Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter. 21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.… Cross References Matthew 6:22 The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. Matthew 6:23 But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! Luke 11:34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness. Luke 11:35 Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness. Job 17:12 They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness. Proverbs 17:15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous--both are detestable to the LORD. Isaiah 24:9 They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it. Treasury of Scripture Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! them Proverbs 17:15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. Malachi 2:17 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment? Malachi 3:15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered. call evil good. Jump to Previous Bitter Change Cursed Dark Darkness Evil Good Light Putting Substitute Sweet WoeJump to Next Bitter Change Cursed Dark Darkness Evil Good Light Putting Substitute Sweet WoeIsaiah 5 1. Under the parable of a vineyard, God excuses his severe judgment8. His judgments upon covetousness 11. Upon lasciviousness 13. Upon impiety 20. And upon injustice 26. The executioners of God's judgments (20) Woe unto them that call evil good.--The moral state described was the natural outcome of the sins condemned in the preceding verses. So Thucydides (iii. 82-84) describes the effects of the spirit of party in the Peloponnesian war. Rashness was called courage, and prudence timidity, and treachery cleverness, and honesty stupidity. That deliberate perversion is in all ages the ultimate outcome of the spirit that knows not God, and therefore neither fears nor loves Him, whether it shows itself in the licence of profligacy, or the diplomacy of Machiavellian statesmen, or the speculations of the worshippers of Mammon.Verse 20. - Woe unto them that call evil good. This is the fourth woe. There are persons who gloss over evil deeds and evil habits by fair-sounding names, who call cowardice caution, and rashness courage, stinginess thrift, and wasteful profusion generosity. The same men are apt also to call good evil; they brand prudence with the name of cunning, call meekness want of proper spirit, sincerity rudeness, and firmness obstinacy. This deadness to moral distinctions is the sign of deep moral corruption, and fully deserves to have a special "woe" pronounced against it. That put darkness for light. "Light" and "darkness" symbolize good and evil throughout Scripture (1 Samuel 2:9; 2 Samuel 22:29; Job 29:3; Psalm 112:4; Proverbs 2:13; Ecclesiastes 2:13; Isaiah 9:2; Matthew 6:22; John 1:19; Acts 26:18; Romans 13:12; 1 Corinthians 4:5, etc.). They are sometimes mere synonyms, as here; but sometimes they express rather the intellectual side of morality. Bitter for sweet. More symbolism, but of a rarer kind. Jeremiah calls wickedness "bitter" (Jeremiah 2:9; 4:18), and the psalmist calls the judgments of God" sweet" (Psalm 109:103). But the terms are not often used with any moral bearing. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Woeה֣וֹי (hō·w) Interjection Strong's 1945: Ah! alas! ha! to those who call הָאֹמְרִ֥ים (hā·’ō·mə·rîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say evil לָרַ֛ע (lā·ra‘) Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil good ט֖וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good and good וְלַטּ֣וֹב (wə·laṭ·ṭō·wḇ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good evil, רָ֑ע (rā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil who turn שָׂמִ֨ים (śā·mîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set darkness חֹ֤שֶׁךְ (ḥō·šeḵ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness to light לְאוֹר֙ (lə·’ō·wr) Preposition-l | Noun - common singular Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary and light וְא֣וֹר (wə·’ō·wr) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary to darkness, לְחֹ֔שֶׁךְ (lə·ḥō·šeḵ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness who replace שָׂמִ֥ים (śā·mîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set bitter מַ֛ר (mar) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 4751: Bitter, bitterness, bitterly with sweet לְמָת֖וֹק (lə·mā·ṯō·wq) Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 4966: Sweet, sweetness and sweet וּמָת֥וֹק (ū·mā·ṯō·wq) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 4966: Sweet, sweetness with bitter. לְמָֽר׃ (lə·mār) Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 4751: Bitter, bitterness, bitterly Links Isaiah 5:20 NIVIsaiah 5:20 NLT Isaiah 5:20 ESV Isaiah 5:20 NASB Isaiah 5:20 KJV Isaiah 5:20 BibleApps.com Isaiah 5:20 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 5:20 Chinese Bible Isaiah 5:20 French Bible Isaiah 5:20 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good (Isa Isi Is) |
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