Isaiah 57:20
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Isaiah 57:20 in other translations
| BSB | But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck. |
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| WEB | But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud. |
| ASV | But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt. |
| YLT | And the wicked are as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire. |
| DARBY | But the wicked are like the troubled sea, which cannot rest, and whose waters cast up mire and dirt. |
| BBE | But the evil-doers are like the troubled sea, for which there is no rest, and its waters send up earth and waste. |
| Webster | But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. |
What does Isaiah 57:20 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 57:13-21
The idols and their worshippers shall come to nothing; but those who trust in God's grace, shall be brought to the joys of heaven. With the Lord there is neither beginning of days, nor end of life, nor change of time. His name is holy, and all must know him as a holy God. He will have tender regard to those who bring their mind to their condition, and dread his wrath. He will make his abode with those whose hearts…
Isaiah 57:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Isaiah 57:20
- Isaiah 3:11
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
- Proverbs 4:16-17
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
- Job 18:5-14
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down. For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. …
- Jude 1:12
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
- Job 20:11-29
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. …
- Job 15:20-24
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. …
- Psalms 73:18-20
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
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3:11; Job 15:20-24; 18:5-14; 20:11-29; Ps 73:18-20; Pr 4:16,17
Jude 1:12
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Context
- Isaiah 57:19
I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I will heal him.
- Isaiah 57:20
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
- Isaiah 57:21
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Isaiah 57:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas los impíos son como la mar en tempestad, que no puede estarse quieta, y sus aguas arrojan cieno y lodo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais les méchants sont comme la mer agitée, qui ne peut se tenir tranquille et dont les eaux jettent dehors la vase et la boue. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Aber die Gesetzlosen sind wie das aufgewühlte Meer; denn es kann nicht ruhig sein, und seine Wasser wühlen Schlamm und Kot auf. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Impii autem quasi mare fervens, quod quiescere non potest, et redundant fluctus ejus in conculcationem et lutum. |