Isaiah 57:20New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— But the wicked are like the tossing sea, For it cannot be quiet, And its waters toss up refuse and mud.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— But the wicked [are] like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— But the wicked [are] like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— But the wicked are like the troubled sea, which cannot rest, and whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— But, the lawless, are like the sea when tossed,—For, rest, it cannot! But its waters toss out mire and dirt.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And the wicked [are] as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— But the wicked are like the raging sea, which cannot rest, and the waves thereof cast up dirt and mire.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— But the wicked are like the raging sea, that can not rest, whose waters cast vp myre and dirt.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— But the wicked [are] like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast vp myre and dirt.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— But the wicked are like the troubled sea, for it cannot rest, its waters cast up creeping things and mire.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— But the unrighteous shall be tossed as troubled waves, and shall not be able to rest.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— But the wicked [are] like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. |
But the wicked
7563 {7563} Primeרָשָׁעrasha`{raw-shaw'}
From H7561; morally wrong; concretely an (actively) bad person.
[ are] like the troubled
1644 {1644} Primeגּרשׁgarash{gaw-rash'}
A primitive root; to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce.
z8737 <8737> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833) Mood - Participle (See H8813) Count - 793
sea,
3220 {3220} Primeיָםyam{yawm}
From an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article) the Mediterranean; sometimes a large river, or an artificial basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south.
when
x3588 (3588) Complementכִּיkiy{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
it cannot
3201 {3201} Primeיָכֹלyakol{yaw-kole'}
A primitive root; to be able, literally ( can, could) or morally ( may, might).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
x3808 (3808) Complementלֹאlo'{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
rest,
8252 {8252} Primeשָׁקַטshaqat{shaw-kat'}
A primitive root; to repose (usually figuratively).
z8687 <8687> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Infinitive (See H8812) Count - 1162
whose waters
4325 {4325} Primeמַיִםmayim{mah'-yim}
Dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively juice; by euphemism urine, semen.
cast up
1644 {1644} Primeגּרשׁgarash{gaw-rash'}
A primitive root; to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
mire
7516 {7516} Primeרֶפֶשׁrephesh{reh'-fesh}
From H7515; mud (as roiled).
and dirt.
2916 {2916} Primeטִיטtiyt{teet}
From an unused root meaning apparently to be sticky (rather perhaps a denominative from H2894, through the idea of dirt to be swept away); mud or clay; figuratively calamity. |
Isaiah 57:20
_ _ when it cannot rest — rather, “for it can have no rest” (Job 15:20, etc.; Proverbs 4:16, Proverbs 4:17). English Version represents the sea as occasionally agitated; but the Hebrew expresses that it can never be at rest. |
Isaiah 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. |
Isaiah 57:20
But the wicked [are] like the troubled sea, when it (z) cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
(z) Their evil conscience always torments them and therefore they can never have rest, (Isaiah 48:22). |
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Isaiah 3:11 Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Job 15:20-24 The wicked man travaileth with pain all [his] days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. ... Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
Job 18:5-14 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. ... His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
Job 20:11-29 His bones are full [of the sin] of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. ... This [is] the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
Psalms 73:18-20 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. ... As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
Proverbs 4:16-17 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall. ... For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Jude 1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
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