Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Woe to those who go deep to hide their purpose from Jehovah! And their works are in the dark, and they say, Who sees us? And who knows us?
New American Standard Bible
And whose
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King James Version
Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Holman Bible
to hide their plans from the Lord.
They do their works in darkness,
and say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”
International Standard Version
"How terrible it will be for you who go to great depths to hide your plans from the LORD, you whose deeds have been done in the dark, and who say, "Who can see us? Who has recognized us?'
A Conservative Version
Woe to those who hide deep their counsel from LORD, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and, Who knows us?
American Standard Version
Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Amplified
Woe (judgment is coming) to those who [try to] deeply hide their plans from the Lord,
Whose deeds are done in a dark place,
And who say, “Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?”
Bible in Basic English
Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?
Darby Translation
Woe unto them that hide deep, far from Jehovah, their counsel! And their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Julia Smith Translation
Wo to those making deep to hide counsel from Jehovah, and their work was in darkness, and they will say, Who saw us? and who knew us?
King James 2000
Woe unto them that go the depths to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who sees us? and who knows us?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Ah! Those who make a plan deep, to hide [it] from Yahweh, and their deeds are in a dark place. And they say, "Who sees us? And who knows us?"
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Woe be unto them that seek so deep, to hide their imagination before the LORD, which rehearse their counsels in the darkness, and say, "Who seeth us, or who knoweth us?"
NET Bible
Those who try to hide their plans from the Lord are as good as dead, who do their work in secret and boast, "Who sees us? Who knows what we're doing?"
New Heart English Bible
Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from the LORD, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us?" and "Who knows us?"
The Emphasized Bible
Alas! for them who would fain have been too deep for Yahweh by giving secret counsel, - and therefore in the dark, have been their doings, and they have said Who can see us? and - Who can understand us?
Webster
Woe to them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
World English Bible
Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us?" and "Who knows us?"
Youngs Literal Translation
Woe to those going deep from Jehovah to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, 'Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?'
Themes
Concealment of sin » The attempt to hide sin from God
Hiding » Those that seek deep to hide their counsel from the lord
Hypocrites » God knows and detects
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Denounces the hypocrisy of the jews
Prudence » Of the wicked » Denounced by God
Secret sins » Warnings against
Topics
Interlinear
`etsah
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 29:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Warnings About Other Nations
14 therefore, behold, I will go on doing among this people, a wonder, even a wonder. For the wisdom of their wise ones shall perish, and the understanding of their intelligent ones shall be hidden. 15 Woe to those who go deep to hide their purpose from Jehovah! And their works are in the dark, and they say, Who sees us? And who knows us? 16 O your perversity! Shall the former be counted as the potter's clay; for shall the work say of him who made it, He did not make me? Or shall the thing formed say to him who formed it, He had no understanding?
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 30:1
Woe to the rebellious sons, says Jehovah, who make advice, but not of Me; and who cover with a covering, but not of My Spirit, that they add sin to sin;
Ezekiel 8:12
And He said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, each man in his image room? For they are saying, Jehovah does not see us; Jehovah has forsaken the earth.
Psalm 10:11-13
He has said in his heart, God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will not see forever!
Isaiah 28:15
Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and we have made a vision with hell; when the overwhelming rod shall pass through, it shall not come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood,
Isaiah 47:10
For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, No one sees me. Your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you; and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no one else.
Malachi 2:17
You have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet you say, In what have we wearied Him? When you say, Every evildoer is good in the eyes of Jehovah, and He delights in them; or, Where is the God of justice?
Job 22:13-14
And you say, What does God know? Can He judge through the dark cloud?
Job 24:13-17
They are of those who rebel against the light; they know not His ways, nor stay in His paths.
Job 34:22
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death to hide there the workers of iniquity.
Psalm 59:7
Behold, they bellow out with their mouth; swords are in their lips; for they say, Who hears?
Psalm 64:5-6
They encourage themselves in an evil plan; they talk of laying snares secretly; they say, Who shall see them?
Psalm 73:11
And they say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?
Psalm 94:7-9
Yet they say, Jehovah shall not see, nor shall the God of Jacob observe it.
Psalm 139:1-8
To the Chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, You have searched me and have known me.
Isaiah 5:18-19
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin with cart ropes;
Isaiah 28:17
Also I will lay judgment to the line, and righteousness to the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
Isaiah 57:12
I will declare your righteousness, and your works; for they shall not do you any good.
Jeremiah 23:24
Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? says Jehovah. Do I not fill the heavens and earth? says Jehovah.
Ezekiel 9:9
And He said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is great, and the land is full of blood, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, Jehovah has forsaken the land; and, Jehovah does not see.
Zephaniah 1:12
And it shall be in that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and punish the men who are settled on their lees; who say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, nor will He do evil.
Luke 12:1-3
In the meantime, when there had gathered together an innumerable crowd of people, so as to trample on one another, He began to say to His disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
John 3:19
And this is the condemnation, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the Light, because their deeds were evil.
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts. And then shall each one have praise of God.
2 Corinthians 4:2
But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor adulterating the Word of God, but by the revelation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
Revelation 2:23
And I will kill her children with death. And all the churches will know that I am He who searches the reins and hearts, and I will give to every one of you according to your works.