14And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.


In Context

11 We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them:

13 transgressing and denying Jehovah, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

14 And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

15 Yea, truth is lacking; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his own arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it upheld him.

Isaiah 59:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

59:14And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

59:14So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

59:14And judgment is turned away backward, and justice hath stood far off: because truth bath fallen down in the street, and equity could not come in.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

59:14And judgment is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth stumbleth in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

59:14And judgment is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

59:14And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

59:14Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness can't enter.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

59:14And removed backward is judgment, And righteousness afar off standeth, For truth hath been feeble in the street, And straightforwardness is not able to enter,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

59:14And judgment is turned away backward, and justice stands afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.