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


In Context

17 For the iniquity of his dishonest gain, I have been wroth, and I smite him, Hiding — and am wroth, And he goeth on turning back in the way of his heart.

18 His ways I have seen, and I heal him, yea, I lead him, And recompense comforts to him and to his mourning ones.

19 Producing the fruit of the lips, 'Peace, peace,' to the far off, and to the near, And I have healed him, said Jehovah.

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

21 There is no peace, said my God, to 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

57:20But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud.

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 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.