Parallel Verses
NET Bible
The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight.
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.
International Standard Version
"The path of the righteous is level; O Upright One, you make safe the way of justice.
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.
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 It is trampled underfoot by the feet of the oppressed, by the soles of the poor." 7 The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight. 8 Yes, as your judgments unfold, O Lord, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:2-4
No one is holy like the Lord! There is no one other than you! There is no rock like our God!
1 Chronicles 29:17
I know, my God, that you examine thoughts and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.
Job 27:5-6
I will never declare that you three are in the right; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!
Job 31:6
let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity.
Psalm 1:6
Certainly the Lord guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.
Psalm 11:4
The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes watch; his eyes examine all people.
Psalm 11:7
Certainly the Lord is just; he rewards godly deeds; the upright will experience his favor.
Psalm 18:23-26
I was innocent before him, and kept myself from sinning.
Proverbs 20:7
The righteous person behaves in integrity; blessed are his children after him.
Isaiah 35:8
A thoroughfare will be there -- it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it -- fools will not stray into it.
Isaiah 42:16
I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.
Zephaniah 3:5
The just Lord resides within her; he commits no unjust acts. Every morning he reveals his justice. At dawn he appears without fail. Yet the unjust know no shame.
1 Corinthians 4:5
So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God.
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God -- not by human wisdom but by the grace of God -- we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
Ephesians 2:10
For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them.
1 John 3:7
Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Jesus is righteous.
1 John 3:10
By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness -- the one who does not love his fellow Christian -- is not of God.