Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. They pursue evil schemes; acts of violence mark their ways. New Living Translation Their feet run to do evil, and they rush to commit murder. They think only about sinning. Misery and destruction always follow them. English Standard Version Their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their highways. Berean Standard Bible Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake. King James Bible Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. New King James Version Their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; Wasting and destruction are in their paths. New American Standard Bible Their feet run to evil, And they hurry to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of wrongdoing, Devastation and destruction are in their paths. NASB 1995 Their feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, Devastation and destruction are in their highways. NASB 1977 Their feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; Devastation and destruction are in their highways. Legacy Standard Bible Their feet run to evil, And they are quick to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness; Devastation and destruction are in their highways. Amplified Bible Their feet run to evil, And they rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness [of sin, of injustice, of wrongdoing]; Devastation and destruction are in their highways. Christian Standard Bible Their feet run after evil, and they rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and wretchedness are in their paths. Holman Christian Standard Bible Their feet run after evil, and they rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and wretchedness are in their paths. American Standard Version Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths. Contemporary English Version You hurry off to do wrong or murder innocent victims. All you think about is sin; you leave ruin and destruction wherever you go. English Revised Version Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation ard destruction are in their paths. GOD'S WORD® Translation Their feet run to do evil. They hurry to shed innocent blood. Their plans are evil. Ruin and destruction are on their highways. Good News Translation You are always planning something evil, and you can hardly wait to do it. You never hesitate to murder innocent people. You leave ruin and destruction wherever you go, International Standard Version Their feet rush to evil, and they are quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; ruin, destruction, and violence are in their paths. Majority Standard Bible Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake. NET Bible They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy. New Heart English Bible Their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; destruction and calamity are in their paths. Webster's Bible Translation Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. World English Bible Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. Desolation and destruction are in their paths. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionTheir feet run to evil, "" And they hurry to shed innocent blood, "" Their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity, "" Spoiling and destruction [are] in their highways. Young's Literal Translation Their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed innocent blood, Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, Spoiling and destruction are in their highways. Smith's Literal Translation Their feet will run to evil, and they will hasten to pour out innocent blood: their purposes, purposes of vanity; destruction and breaking in their highways. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleTheir feet run to evil, and make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are unprofitable thoughts: wasting and destruction are in their ways. Catholic Public Domain Version Their feet run to evil, and they rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are useless thoughts; devastation and destruction are in their ways. New American Bible Their feet run to evil, and they hasten to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness, violence and destruction are on their highways. New Revised Standard Version Their feet run to evil, and they rush to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, desolation and destruction are in their highways. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleTheir feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; plunder and destruction are in their paths. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are the thoughts of depravity and plunder is in their streets OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, Desolation and destruction are in their paths. Brenton Septuagint Translation And their feet run to wickedness, swift to shed blood; their thoughts also are thoughts of murder; destruction and misery are in their ways; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Sin Separates Us from God…6Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands. 7Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake. 8The 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.… Cross References Romans 3:15-17 “Their feet are swift to shed blood; / ruin and misery lie in their wake, / and the way of peace they have not known.” Proverbs 1:16 For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood. Proverbs 6:17-18 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, / a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, Jeremiah 22:17 “But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.” Micah 7:2-3 The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net. / Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together. Matthew 23:32-33 Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers. / You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell? Psalm 14:3 All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one. Psalm 36:4 Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil. Psalm 58:2 No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth. Jeremiah 4:22 “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.” Ezekiel 22:6-9 See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood. / Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed. / You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths. ... Hosea 6:8-9 Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood. / Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities. Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. Luke 11:39 Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. Romans 1:29-31 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, / slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. / They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless. Treasury of Scripture Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. feet Proverbs 1:16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. Proverbs 6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, Romans 3:15 Their feet are swift to shed blood: and they Isaiah 59:3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. Jeremiah 22:17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. Lamentations 4:13 For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, their thoughts Proverbs 15:26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words. Proverbs 24:9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men. Mark 7:21,22 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, … wasting Isaiah 60:18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. Romans 3:16 Destruction and misery are in their ways: destruction. Jump to Previous Blood Death Delight Desolation Destruction Devastation Evil Feet Haste Hasten Highways Iniquity Innocent Mark Paths Quickly Ruin Run Rush Shed Sin Spoiling Swift Thoughts Upright WastingJump to Next Blood Death Delight Desolation Destruction Devastation Evil Feet Haste Hasten Highways Iniquity Innocent Mark Paths Quickly Ruin Run Rush Shed Sin Spoiling Swift Thoughts Upright WastingIsaiah 59 1. Calamities are not due to lack of saving power in God, but to their own sins16. Salvation is only of God 20. The covenant of the Redeemer Their feet run to evil This phrase highlights the eagerness and swiftness with which people pursue wrongdoing. The Hebrew word for "feet" (רַגְלֵיהֶם, "raglehem") often symbolizes one's path or way of life. In the biblical context, feet that "run to evil" suggest a deliberate and enthusiastic pursuit of sin, indicating a heart that is inclined towards wickedness. Historically, this reflects the moral decay present in Israel at the time, where societal norms had shifted away from God's commandments. The imagery of running suggests not just a passive falling into sin, but an active and willing participation in it. they are swift to shed innocent blood Their thoughts are sinful thoughts ruin and destruction lie in their wake Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Their feetרַגְלֵיהֶם֙ (raḡ·lê·hem) Noun - fdc | third person masculine plural Strong's 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda run יָרֻ֔צוּ (yā·ru·ṣū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7323: To run to evil; לָרַ֣ע (lā·ra‘) Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil they are swift וִֽימַהֲר֔וּ (wî·ma·hă·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 4116: To be liquid, flow easily, to hurry, promptly to shed לִשְׁפֹּ֖ךְ (liš·pōḵ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 8210: To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out innocent נָקִ֑י (nā·qî) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 5355: Clean, free from, exempt blood. דָּ֣ם (dām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed Their thoughts מַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ (maḥ·šə·ḇō·w·ṯê·hem) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 4284: A contrivance, a texture, machine, intention, plan are sinful אָ֔וֶן (’ā·wen) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 205: Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol thoughts; מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת (maḥ·šə·ḇō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 4284: A contrivance, a texture, machine, intention, plan ruin שֹׁ֥ד (šōḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7701: Violence, havoc, devastation, ruin and destruction וָשֶׁ֖בֶר (wā·še·ḇer) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7667: A breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash lie in their wake. בִּמְסִלּוֹתָֽם׃ (bim·sil·lō·w·ṯām) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 4546: A thoroughfare, a viaduct, a staircase Links Isaiah 59:7 NIVIsaiah 59:7 NLT Isaiah 59:7 ESV Isaiah 59:7 NASB Isaiah 59:7 KJV Isaiah 59:7 BibleApps.com Isaiah 59:7 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 59:7 Chinese Bible Isaiah 59:7 French Bible Isaiah 59:7 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 59:7 Their feet run to evil and they (Isa Isi Is) |
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