Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"The path of the righteous is level; O Upright One, you make safe the way of justice.
New American Standard Bible
O Upright One,
King James Version
The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
Holman Bible
You clear a straight path for the righteous.
A Conservative Version
The way of the just is uprightness. Thou who are upright directs the path of the just.
American Standard Version
The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just.
Amplified
The way of the righteous [those in right-standing with God—living in moral and spiritual integrity] is smooth and level;
O Upright One, make a level path for the just and righteous.
Bible in Basic English
The way of the good man is straight; the road of the upright is made smooth by you.
Darby Translation
The way of the just is uprightness: thou, the Upright, dost make the path of the just even.
Julia Smith Translation
The way to the just one is straightness: being upright, thou wilt prepare the departing of the just one.
King James 2000
The way of the just is uprightness: you, most upright, do smooth the path of the just.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[The] way of the righteous [is] a straight path; {you clear the level path of the righteous}.
Modern King James verseion
The way of the just is uprightness; O Upright One, weigh the path of the just.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The path of equity wilt thou grant unto the just, O thou most righteous; thou shalt order the path of him that is righteous.
NET Bible
The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight.
New Heart English Bible
The way of the righteous is level. O Just One, you make the path of the righteous smooth.
The Emphasized Bible
The path of a righteous man, is, even, - O Upright One! the track of a righteous man, thou makest level.
Webster
The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
World English Bible
The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.
Youngs Literal Translation
The path for the righteous is uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder.
Themes
Learning » When the world will learn righteousness
The fruit of righteousness » When the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness
Uprightness » The lord being upright
Uprightness » A characteristic of saints
Topics
Interlinear
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References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 26:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's People Vindicated
6 by the feet of the oppressed who trample it, by the footsteps of the needy. 7 "The path of the righteous is level; O Upright One, you make safe the way of justice. 8 Yes, LORD, in the path of your judgments we wait; your name and your Law are the soul's desire.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:2-4
Indeed, there is no one holy like the LORD, indeed, there is no one besides you, there is no rock like our God.
1 Chronicles 29:17
And I know, God, that it is you who searches the heart and you who finds pleasure in righteousness. With a righteous heart I have freely given all these things, and now I have seen all of these people of yours giving freely and joyfully to you!
Job 27:5-6
Far be it from me to admit that you're right! I intend to maintain my integrity even if it kills me!
Job 31:6
let my righteousness be weighed in honest scales, and God will make known my integrity.
Psalm 1:6
For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will be destroyed.
Psalm 11:4
The LORD is in his holy Temple; the LORD's throne is in the heavens. His eyes see, his glance examines humanity.
Psalm 11:7
Indeed, the LORD is righteous; he loves righteousness; the upright will see him face-to-face. To the Director: On an eight stringed harp. A Davidic Psalm.
Psalm 18:23-26
I was upright before him, and I kept myself from iniquity.
Proverbs 20:7
The righteous person lives a life of integrity; happy are his children who follow him!
Isaiah 35:8
"A highway will be there yes, there and people will call it "The Holy Way'. As for unclean people, they will not journey on it, but it will be for whomever is traveling on that Way not even fools will get lost.
Isaiah 42:16
I'll help the blind walk, even on a road they do not know; I'll guide them in directions they do not know. I'll turn the dark places into light in front of them, and the rough places into level ground. These are the things I will do, and I won't abandon them.
Zephaniah 3:5
The righteous LORD who lives within her will do no wrong; he will bring justice to light morning by morning. He never fails, but the unjust are shameless.
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore, stop judging prematurely, before the Lord comes, for he will bring to light what is now hidden in darkness and reveal the motives of our hearts. Then each person will receive his praise from God.
2 Corinthians 1:12
For this is what we boast about: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world with pure motives and godly sincerity, without earthly wisdom but with God's grace especially toward you.
Ephesians 2:10
For we are God's masterpiece, created in the Messiah Jesus to perform good actions that God prepared long ago to be our way of life.
1 John 3:7
Little children, don't let anyone deceive you. The person who practices righteousness is righteous, just as the Messiah is righteous.
1 John 3:10
This is how God's children and the Devil's children are distinguished. No person who fails to practice righteousness and to love his brother is from God.