21those who with a word make a man out to be guilty, who ensnare the defender in court and with false testimony deprive the innocent of justice.


In Context

18 In that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

19 Once more the humble will rejoice in the Lord ; the needy will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

20 The ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who have an eye for evil will be cut down-

21 those who with a word make a man out to be guilty, who ensnare the defender in court and with false testimony deprive the innocent of justice.

22 Therefore this is what the Lord , who redeemed Abraham, says to the house of Jacob: "No longer will Jacob be ashamed; no longer will their faces grow pale.

23 When they see among them their children, the work of my hands, they will keep my name holy; they will acknowledge the holiness of the Holy One of Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.

Isaiah 29:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:21That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

29:21That made men sin by word, and supplanted him that reproved them in the gate, and declined in vain from the just.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

29:21that make a man an offender in his cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:21that make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and pervert the judgment of the righteous by futility.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:21that make a man an offender in a cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:21That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of naught.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:21who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for the arbiter in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

29:21Causing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:21That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nothing.