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


In Context

11 We all roar like bears, and mourn bitterly like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far 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 In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

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

15 Yes, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

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