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.


In Context

11 We shall roar all of us like bears, and shall lament as mournful doves. We have looked for judgment, and there is none: for salvation, and it is far from us.

12 For our iniquities are multiplied before thee, and our sins have testified against us: for our wicked doings are with us, and we have known our iniquities:

13 In sinning and lying against the Lord: and we have turned away so that we went not after our God, but spoke calumny and transgression : we have conceived, and uttered from the heart, words of falsehood.

14 And 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.

15 And truth hath been forgotten: and he that departed from evil, lay open to be a prey: and the Lord saw, and it appeared evil in his eyes, because there is no judgment.

16 And he saw that there is not a man: and he stood astonished, because there is none to oppose himself: and his own arm brought salvation to him, and his own justice supported 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

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.