Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and moan like doves.
We hope for justice, but there is none;
for salvation, but it is far from us.
New American Standard Bible
And
We hope for
For salvation, but it is far from us.
King James Version
We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
International Standard Version
We all growl like bears; we sigh mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, and for deliverance, but it's far from us.
A Conservative Version
We all roar like bears, and moan greatly like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far off from us.
American Standard Version
We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Amplified
We all groan and growl like bears,
And coo sadly like doves;
We hope for justice, but there is none,
For salvation, but it is far from us.
Bible in Basic English
We make noises of grief, like bears, and sad sounds like doves: we are looking for our right, but it is not there; for salvation, but it is far from us.
Darby Translation
We roar all like bears, and mourn grievously like doves: we look for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
Julia Smith Translation
We shall growl as bears all of us, and murmuring we shall murmur as doves: we shall wait for judgment, and none; for salvation, it was far from us.
King James 2000
We all growl like bears, and mourn greatly like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Lexham Expanded Bible
We all groan like bears, and we coo mutteringly like doves. We wait for justice, but there is none; for salvation, [but] it is far from us.
Modern King James verseion
We all roar like bears, and mourn grievously like doves; we look for judgment, but none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
We roar all like Bears, and mourn still like doves. We look for equity, but there is none; for health, but it is far from us.
NET Bible
We all growl like bears, we coo mournfully like doves; we wait for deliverance, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
New Heart English Bible
We roar all like bears, and moan bitterly like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
The Emphasized Bible
We growl like bears all of us, And, like doves, do we, mournfully coo, - We wait For justice, and there is none, For salvation it is far from us!
Webster
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.
World English Bible
We roar all like bears, and moan bitterly like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Youngs Literal Translation
We make a noise as bears -- all of us, And as doves we coo sorely; We wait for judgment, and there is none, For salvation -- it hath been far from us.
Themes
Backsliding » Guilt and consequences of
Doves » Illustrative » Of mourners
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Foretells calamities to judah
Interlinear
Hamah
Hagah
Mishpat
Y@shuw`ah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 59:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Rampant Transgression
10
we grope like those without eyes.
We stumble at noon as though it were twilight;
we are like the dead among those who are healthy.
and moan like doves.
We hope for justice, but there is none;
for salvation, but it is far from us.
and our sins testify against us.
For our transgressions are with us,
and we know our iniquities:
Cross References
Isaiah 38:14
I moan like a dove.
My eyes grow weak looking upward.
Lord, I am oppressed; support me.
Ezekiel 7:16
and live on the mountains
like doves of the valley,
all of them moaning,
each over his own iniquity.
Job 30:28-29
I stood in the assembly and cried out for help.
Psalm 32:3-4
from my groaning all day long.
Psalm 38:8
I groan because of the anguish of my heart.
Psalm 85:9
so that glory may dwell in our land.
Psalm 119:155
because they do not seek Your statutes.
Isaiah 51:20
they lie at the head of every street
like an antelope in a net.
They are full of the Lord’s fury,
the rebuke of your God.
Isaiah 59:9
and righteousness does not reach us.
We hope for light, but there is darkness;
for brightness, but we live in the night.
Jeremiah 8:15
for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
Jeremiah 9:1
my eyes a fountain of tears,
I would weep day and night
over the slain of my dear
Hosea 7:14
rather, they wail on their beds.
They slash themselves
they turn away from Me.