Isaiah 57:20
“But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast vp myre and dirt.”
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Isaiah 57:20 Context
18I haue seene his wayes, and will heale him: I will leade him also, and restore comforts vnto him, and to his mourners. 19I create the fruite of the lippes; peace, peace to him that is farre off, and to him that is neere, sayth the Lord, and I will heale him. 20But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast vp myre and dirt. 21There is no peace, sayth my God, to the wicked.
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Other Translations
But the wicked [are] like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
- King James Version
But the wicked are like the tossing sea, For it cannot be quiet, And its waters toss up refuse and mud.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But the evil-doers are like the troubled sea, for which there is no rest, and its waters send up earth and waste.
- Basic English Bible
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, which cannot rest, and whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
- Darby Bible
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
- Webster's Bible
But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can't rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
- World English Bible
And the wicked [are] as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire.
- Youngs Literal Bible
But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version
But the wicked are like the tossing sea, For it cannot be quiet, And its waters toss up refuse and mud.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But the evil-doers are like the troubled sea, for which there is no rest, and its waters send up earth and waste.
- Basic English Bible
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, which cannot rest, and whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
- Darby Bible
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
- Webster's Bible
But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can't rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
- World English Bible
And the wicked [are] as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire.
- Youngs Literal Bible
But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Isaiah 57:20
57:20 Cast up - Their minds are restless, being perpetually hurried with their own lusts and passions, and with guilt, and the dread of the divine vengeance.