Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

Yea, truth is lacking, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. And LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

New American Standard Bible

Yes, truth is lacking;
And he who turns aside from evil makes himself a prey.
Now the Lord saw,
And it was displeasing in His sight that there was no justice.

King James Version

Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

Holman Bible

Truth is missing,
and whoever turns from evil is plundered.


The Lord saw that there was no justice,
and He was offended.

International Standard Version

Truth is missing, and whoever turns away from evil becomes a prey." "Then the LORD looked, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

American Standard Version

Yea, truth is lacking; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

Amplified


Yes, truth is missing;
And he who turns away from evil makes himself a prey.
Now the Lord saw it,
And it displeased Him that there was no justice.

Bible in Basic English

Yes, faith is gone; and he whose heart is turned from evil comes into the power of the cruel: and the Lord saw it, and he was angry that there was no one to take up their cause.

Darby Translation

And truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw it, and it was evil in his sight that there was no judgment.

Julia Smith Translation

And truth shall be lacking; and he departing from evil being plundered: and Jehovah will see, and it will be evil in his eyes, for no judgment

King James 2000

Yea, truth fails; and he that departs from evil makes himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

Lexham Expanded Bible

and truth is missing, and he who turns aside from evil [is] plundered. And Yahweh saw, and it was displeasing in his eyes that there was no justice

Modern King James verseion

Yea, truth fails; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. And Jehovah saw, and it displeased Him that there was no judgment.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Yea, the truth is laid in prison, and he that refraineth himself from evil must be spoiled. When the LORD saw this, it displeased him sore that there was nowhere any equity.

NET Bible

Honesty has disappeared; the one who tries to avoid evil is robbed. The Lord watches and is displeased, for there is no justice.

New Heart English Bible

Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. The LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

The Emphasized Bible

And the truth hath been found missing, And he that hath turned away from wrong is liable to be despoiled, And when, Yahweh, looked, Then was it grievous in his eyes that there was no justice:

Webster

Yes, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

World English Bible

Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Yahweh saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the truth is lacking, And whoso is turning aside from evil, Is making himself a spoil. And Jehovah seeth, and it is evil in His eyes, That there is no judgment.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
עדר 
`adar 
Usage: 11

and he that departeth
שׂוּר סוּר 
Cuwr 
Usage: 301

שׁלל 
Shalal 
Usage: 16

and the Lord

Usage: 0

saw
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

it, and it displeased
ירע 
Yara` 
Usage: 8

References

Easton

Context Readings

Judgment And Redemption

14 And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off. For truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter. 15 Yea, truth is lacking, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. And LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice. 16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor. Therefore his own arm brought salvation to him. And his righteousness, it upheld him.

Cross References

Genesis 38:10

And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of LORD, and he killed him also.

2 Samuel 11:27

And when the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased LORD.

2 Kings 9:11

Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord, and one said to him, Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to thee? And he said to them, Ye know the man and what his talk was.

2 Chronicles 21:7

However LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons always.

Psalm 5:9

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their inward part is very wickedness. Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongue they {deceive (LXX/NT)}.

Psalm 12:1-2

Help, LORD, for the holy man ceases, for the faithful fail from among the sons of men.

Isaiah 48:1

Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness

Jeremiah 5:1-2

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places if it, if ye can find a man, if there is any who does justly, who seeks truth, and I will pardon her.

Jeremiah 7:28

And thou shall say to them, This is the nation that has not hearkened to the voice of LORD their God, nor received instruction. Truth has perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

Jeremiah 29:26

LORD has made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in the house of LORD, for every man who is mad, and makes himself a prophet, that thou should put him in the stocks and in shackles.

Hosea 4:1-2

Hear the word of LORD, ye sons of Israel, for LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

Hosea 9:7

The days of visitation have come. The days of recompense have come. Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.

Micah 7:2

The devout man has perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men. They all lay in wait for blood. They hunt every man his brother with a net.

Habakkuk 1:13-14

Thou who are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and who cannot look on perverseness, why do thou look upon those who deal treacherously, and hold thy peace when the wicked man swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,

Mark 3:21

And when those with him heard it, they went out to grasp him, for they said, He is beside himself.

John 8:52

The Jews therefore said to him, Now we know that thou have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets, and thou say, If any man keeps my word, he will, no, not taste of death, into the age.

John 10:20

And many of them said, He has a demon, and is mad. Why do ye listen to him?

Acts 9:1

But Saul, still breathing threat and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, after going to the high priest,

Acts 9:23

And after considerable days were fulfilled, the Jews plotted to destroy him,

Acts 26:24

And while he made a defense by these things, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, thou are mad. Much scholarship is driving thee into madness.

Romans 8:36

Just as it is written, For thy sake we are killed the whole day long. We are considered as sheep of slaughter.

2 Corinthians 5:13

For whether we are beside ourselves to God, or we are of normal mind, it is for you.

Hebrews 11:36-38

And others took a trial of mockings and scourgings, and moreover of bonds and imprisonment.

1 John 3:11-12

Because this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love each other.

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