Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud. New Living Translation “But those who still reject me are like the restless sea, which is never still but continually churns up mud and dirt. English Standard Version But the wicked are like the tossing sea; for it cannot be quiet, and its waters toss up mire and dirt. Berean Standard Bible But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck. King James Bible But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. New King James Version But the wicked are like the troubled sea, When it cannot rest, Whose waters cast up mire and dirt. New American Standard Bible But the wicked are like the tossing sea, For it cannot be quiet, And its waters toss up refuse and mud. NASB 1995 But the wicked are like the tossing sea, For it cannot be quiet, And its waters toss up refuse and mud. NASB 1977 But the wicked are like the tossing sea, For it cannot be quiet, And its waters toss up refuse and mud. Legacy Standard Bible But the wicked are like the tossing sea, For it cannot be quiet, And its waters toss up refuse and mud. Amplified Bible But the wicked are like the tossing sea, For it cannot be quiet, And its waters toss up mire and mud. Christian Standard Bible But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its water churns up mire and muck. Holman Christian Standard Bible But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waters churn up mire and muck. American Standard Version But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And the wicked are agitated like the sea, because they cannot rest, and its waters are turning up creeping things and mire Brenton Septuagint Translation But the unrighteous shall be tossed as troubled waves, and shall not be able to rest. Contemporary English Version The wicked are a restless sea tossing up mud. Douay-Rheims Bible But the wicked are like the raging sea, which cannot rest, and the waves thereof cast up dirt and mire. English Revised Version But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt. GOD'S WORD® Translation But the wicked are like the churning sea. It isn't quiet, and its water throws up mud and slime. Good News Translation But evil people are like the restless sea, whose waves never stop rolling in, bringing filth and muck. International Standard Version But the wicked are tossed like the sea; for it is not able to keep still, and its waters toss up mire and mud. JPS Tanakh 1917 But the wicked are like the troubled sea; For it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt. Literal Standard Version And the wicked [are] as the driven out sea, | For it is not able to rest, | And its waters cast out filth and mire. Majority Standard Bible But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck. New American Bible But the wicked are like the tossing sea which cannot be still, Its waters cast up mire and mud. NET Bible But the wicked are like a surging sea that is unable to be quiet; its waves toss up mud and sand. New Revised Standard Version But the wicked are like the tossing sea that cannot keep still; its waters toss up mire and mud. New Heart English Bible But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can't rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt. Webster's Bible Translation But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. World English Bible But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud. Young's Literal Translation And the wicked are as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Healing for the Repentant…19bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.” 20But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck. 21“There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”… Cross References Jude 1:13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever. Job 18:5 Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow. Isaiah 3:9 The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves. Isaiah 3:11 Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done. Isaiah 59:8 The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace. Jeremiah 49:23 Concerning Damascus: "Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed. Treasury of Scripture But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. like Isaiah 3:11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. Job 15:20-24 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor… Job 18:5-14 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine… Jump to Previous Able Cast Dirt Driven Earth Evil-Doers Filth Mire Mud Quiet Refuse Rest Sea Toss Tossing Troubled Waste Waters Waves WickedJump to Next Able Cast Dirt Driven Earth Evil-Doers Filth Mire Mud Quiet Refuse Rest Sea Toss Tossing Troubled Waste Waters Waves WickedIsaiah 57 1. The blessed death of the righteous3. God reproves the People for their idolatry 13. He gives promises of mercy to the penitent (20) The wicked are like the troubled sea . . .--The promise of healing is, however, not unconditional. The acceptance of peace requires calmness; but for the wicked, whose thoughts are restlessly seething with evil ripening into act, this true peace is, in the nature of the case, impossible. We note the recurrence of the watchword of Isaiah 48:22, as indicating the close of another section of the prophecy. The MSS. and versions present a curious variation in Isaiah 57:21 : some "saith Jehovah," some "God," some "the Lord God." It would almost seem as if transcribers and translators had shrunk from the prophet's boldness in claiming God as in some special sense his God. It has a parallel, however, in Isaiah 7:13, and may be noted, accordingly, as one of the characteristic touches common to the two parts of Isaiah. The "Sea" of which Isaiah speaks may possibly have been the Dead Sea, casting up its salt bituminous deposits.Verse 20. - The wicked are like the troubled sea. A striking metaphor, but one which occurs nowhere else in the Old Testament, and once only in the New (Jude 1:13). The sea's restless action well expresses the unquiet of the wicked; and the mud and mire that it casts up resembles their evil thoughts and evil deeds. "There is no peace" for such persons, either bodily or spiritual, either in this world or the world to come. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But the wickedוְהָרְשָׁעִ֖ים (wə·hā·rə·šā·‘îm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person are like the storm-tossed נִגְרָ֑שׁ (niḡ·rāš) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 1644: To drive out from a, possession, to expatriate, divorce sea, כַּיָּ֣ם (kay·yām) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin for כִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction it cannot לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no be still, הַשְׁקֵט֙ (haš·qêṭ) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute Strong's 8252: To be quiet or undisturbed and its waves מֵימָ֖יו (mê·māw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen churn up וַיִּגְרְשׁ֥וּ (way·yiḡ·rə·šū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1644: To drive out from a, possession, to expatriate, divorce mire רֶ֥פֶשׁ (re·p̄eš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7516: Mire and muck. וָטִֽיט׃ (wā·ṭîṭ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2916: Mud, clay, calamity Links Isaiah 57:20 NIVIsaiah 57:20 NLT Isaiah 57:20 ESV Isaiah 57:20 NASB Isaiah 57:20 KJV Isaiah 57:20 BibleApps.com Isaiah 57:20 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 57:20 Chinese Bible Isaiah 57:20 French Bible Isaiah 57:20 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 57:20 But the wicked are like the troubled (Isa Isi Is) |
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