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


In Context

11 We all growl like bears; we moan mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance, but it is far away.

12 For our offenses are many in your sight, and our sins testify against us. Our offenses are ever with us, and we acknowledge our iniquities:

13 rebellion and treachery against the Lord , turning our backs on our God, fomenting oppression and revolt, uttering lies our hearts have conceived.

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

15 Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The Lord looked and was displeased that there was no justice.

16 He saw that there was no one, he was appalled that there was no one to intervene; so his own arm worked salvation for him, and his own righteousness sustained 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 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 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.