15Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, |Who sees us?| and |Who knows us?|


In Context

12 and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying, |Read this, please;| and he says, |I can't read.|

13 The Lord said, |Because this people draws near with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;

14 therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will be hidden.|

15 Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, |Who sees us?| and |Who knows us?|

16 You turn things upside down! Should the potter be thought to be like clay; that the thing made should say about him who made it, |He didn't make me;| or the thing formed say of him who formed it, |He has no understanding?|

17 Isn't it yet a very little while, and Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field will be regarded as a forest?

Isaiah 29:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:15Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

29:15Woe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the Lord , who do their work in darkness and think, "Who sees us? Who will know?"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

29:15Woe to you that are deep of heart, to hide your counsel from the Lord: and their works are in the dark, and they say: Who seeth us, and who knoweth us?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

29:15Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:15Woe unto them that hide deep, far from Jehovah, their counsel! And their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:15Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:15Woe to them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

29:15Woe to those going deep from Jehovah to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, 'Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:15Woe to them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who sees us? and who knows us?