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Bible in Basic English
Their twisted threads will not make clothing, and their works will give them nothing for covering themselves: their works are works of sin, and violent acts are in their hands.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Holman Bible
and they cannot cover themselves with their works.
Their works are sinful works,
and violent acts are in their hands.
International Standard Version
Their cobwebs cannot become clothing, they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are deeds of iniquity, and acts of violence fill their hands.
A Conservative Version
Their webs shall not become garments, nor shall they cover themselves with their works. Their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
American Standard Version
Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Amplified
Their webs will not serve as clothing,
Nor will they cover themselves with what they make;
Their works are works of wickedness [of sin, of injustice, of wrongdoing],
And the act of violence is in their hands.
Darby Translation
Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Julia Smith Translation
Their webs shall not be for a garment, and they shall not be covered with their works: their works the works of vanity, and the work of violence in their hands.
King James 2000
Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Their webs cannot become clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their works [are] works of iniquity, and deeds of violence [are] in their hands.
Modern King James verseion
Their webs shall not become clothing, nor shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Their web maketh no cloth and they may not cover themselves with their labours. Their deeds are the deeds of wickedness, and the work of robbery is in their hands.
NET Bible
Their webs cannot be used for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are sinful; they commit violent crimes.
New Heart English Bible
Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
The Emphasized Bible
Their thread, shall not become a garment, Neither shall they cover themselves with their fabrics, - Their fabrics, are fabrics of iniquity, Yea the product of violence is in their hands;
Webster
Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
World English Bible
Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Youngs Literal Translation
Their webs become not a garment, Nor do they cover themselves with their works, Their works are works of iniquity, And a deed of violence is in their hands.
Themes
Corruption » In politics in the church » The prevalence of violence
hands » Of the wicked, described as » Violent
The counselors of peace » Who shall not have peace
The Nation » Appointed by God corrupt » The prevalence of violence
The world » Conformity to forbidden creation of » Filled with violence
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 59:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Rampant Transgression
5 They give birth to snake's eggs, and make spider's threads: whoever takes their eggs for food comes to his death, and the egg which is crushed becomes a poison-snake. 6 Their twisted threads will not make clothing, and their works will give them nothing for covering themselves: their works are works of sin, and violent acts are in their hands. 7 Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.
Cross References
Isaiah 57:12
I will make clear what your righteousness is like and your works; you will have no profit in them.
Jeremiah 6:7
As the spring keeps its waters cold, so she keeps her evil in her: the sound of cruel and violent behaviour is in her; before me at all times are disease and wounds.
Ezekiel 7:11
Violent behaviour has been lifted up into a rod of evil; it will not be slow in coming, it will not keep back.
Genesis 6:11
And the earth was evil in God's eyes and full of violent ways.
Job 8:14-15
Whose support is cut off, and whose hope is no stronger than a spider's thread.
Psalm 58:2
The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.
Isaiah 5:7
For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.
Isaiah 28:18-20
And the help you were looking for from death will come to nothing, and your agreement with the underworld will be broken; when the overflowing waters come through, then you will be overcome by them.
Isaiah 30:1
Ho! uncontrolled children, says the Lord, who give effect to a purpose which is not mine, and who make an agreement, but not by my spirit, increasing their sin:
Isaiah 30:12-14
For this cause the Holy One of Israel says, Because you will not give ear to this word, and are looking for help in ways of deceit and evil, and are putting your hope in them:
Isaiah 58:4
If keeping from food makes you quickly angry, ready for fighting and giving blows with evil hands; your holy days are not such as to make your voice come to my ears on high.
Isaiah 64:6
For we have all become like an unclean person, and all our good acts are like a dirty robe: and we have all become old like a dead leaf, and our sins, like the wind, take us away.
Ezekiel 7:23
Make the chain: for the land is full of crimes of blood, and the town is full of violent acts.
Amos 3:10
For they have no knowledge of how to do what is right, says the Lord, who are storing up violent acts and destruction in their great houses.
Amos 6:3
You who put far away the evil day, causing the rule of the violent to come near;
Micah 2:1-3
A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.
Micah 2:8
As for you, you have become haters of those who were at peace with you: you take the clothing of those who go by without fear, and make them prisoners of war.
Micah 3:1-11
And I said, Give ear, now, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the people of Israel: is it not for you to have knowledge of what is right?
Micah 6:12
For its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is false in their mouth.
Habakkuk 1:2-4
How long, O Lord, will your ears be shut to my voice? I make an outcry to you about violent behaviour, but you do not send salvation.
Zephaniah 1:9
And in that day I will send punishment on all those who come jumping over the doorstep and make their master's house full of violent behaviour and deceit.
Zephaniah 3:3-4
Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.
Romans 3:20-22
Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
Romans 4:6-8
As David says that there is a blessing on the man to whose account God puts righteousness without works, saying,
Revelation 3:17-18
For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing.