20But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud.


In Context

17 I was enraged by his sinful greed; I punished him, and hid my face in anger, yet he kept on in his willful ways.

18 I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him,

19 creating praise on the lips of the mourners in Israel. Peace, peace, to those far and near," says the Lord . "And I will heal them."

20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud.

21 "There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."

Isaiah 57:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

57:20But the wicked [are] like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

57:20But the wicked are like the raging sea, which cannot rest, and the waves thereof cast up dirt and mire.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

57:20But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

57:20But the wicked are like the troubled sea, which cannot rest, and whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

57:20But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

57:20But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

57:20But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can't rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

57:20And the wicked are as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

57:20But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.