Parallel Verses
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.
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.
Holman Bible
and moan like doves.
We hope for justice, but there is none;
for salvation, but it is far 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.
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 the blind [along] a wall, and we grope {as without} eyes. We stumble at noon as [in] the twilight; among the strong [we are] like the dead. 11 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. 12 For our transgressions are numerous before you, and our sins {testify} against us. Indeed, our transgressions [are] with us, and we know our iniquities:
Cross References
Isaiah 38:14
Like a horse or a crane, so I chirp; I moan like dove. My eyes are weak toward the height. Lord, I have oppression; lend me support!
Ezekiel 7:16
And [if] their survivors will escape, they will be on the mountains, like the doves of the valley, all of them groaning, each because of his guilt.
Job 30:28-29
I go [about] in mourning garb, [but] not in sunlight; I stand up in the assembly, [and] I cry for help.
Psalm 32:3-4
When I kept silent, my bones were worn out due to my groaning all the day.
Psalm 38:8
I am faint and crushed greatly; I groan because of the roaring of my heart.
Psalm 85:9
Surely his salvation [is] near for those who fear him, that glory may abide in our land.
Psalm 119:155
Salvation [is] far from [the] wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.
Isaiah 51:20
Your children have fainted; they lie at [the] head of all [the] streets, like an antelope in a snare, those who are full [of] the wrath of Yahweh, the rebuke of your God.
Isaiah 59:9
Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We wait for light, but look! [there is] darkness; for brightness, [but] we walk in darkness.
Jeremiah 8:15
[We] hope for peace, but there is no good, for a time of healing, but there is terror.
Jeremiah 9:1
{Oh that my head were waters}, and my eyes a fountain of tears, so that I might weep day and night, [for] the slain of the daughter of my people.
Hosea 7:14
They do not cry out to me from their heart, but they wail on their beds; because of grain and new wine they lacerate themselves; they depart from me.