Isaiah 59:11New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— All of us growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We hope for justice, but there is none, For salvation, [but] it is far from us.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— 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.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— 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.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— 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.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— 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.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— 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!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— 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.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— We shall roar all of us like bears, and shall lament as mournful doves. We have looked for judgment, and there is none: for salvation, and it is far from us.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— We roare all like beares, and mourne like dooues: wee looke for equitie, but there is none: for health, but it is farre from vs.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— We roare all like beares, and mourne sore like doues: we looke for iudgement, but [there is] none; for saluation, [but] it is farre off from vs.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— We all roar like bears, and mourn sore like doves; we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— They shall proceed together as a bear and as a dove: we have waited for judgment, and there is no salvation, it is gone far from us.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— 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. |
We roar
1993 {1993} Primeהָמָהhamah{haw-maw'}
A primitive root (compare H1949); to make a loud sound (like English 'hum'); by implication to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
all
x3605 (3605) Complementכֹּלkol{kole}
From H3634; properly the whole; hence all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense).
like bears,
1677 {1677} Primeדֹּבdob{dobe}
From H1680; the bear (as slow).
and mourn
1897 {1897} Primeהָגַהhagah{haw-gaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1901); to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication to ponder.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
sore
y1897 [1897] Standardהָגַהhagah{haw-gaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1901); to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication to ponder.
z8800 <8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Infinitive (See H8812) Count - 4888
like doves:
3123 {3123} Primeיוֹנָהyownah{yo-naw'}
Probably from the same as H3196; a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating).
we look
6960 {6960} Primeקָוָהqavah{kaw-vaw'}
A primitive root; to bind together (perhaps by twisting), that is, collect; (figuratively) to expect.
z8762 <8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 2447
for judgment,
4941 {4941} Primeמִשְׁפָּטmishpat{mish-pawt'}
From H8199; properly a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (particularly) divine law, individual or collectively), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly justice, including a particular right, or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style.
but [ there is] none;
x369 (0369) Complementאַיִן'ayin{ah'-yin}
As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.
for salvation,
3444 {3444} Primeיְשׁוּעָהy@shuw`ah{yesh-oo'-aw}
Feminine passive participle of H3467; something saved, that is, (abstractly) deliverance; hence aid, victory, prosperity.
[ but] it is far off
7368 {7368} Primeרָחַקrachaq{raw-khak'}
A primitive root; to widen (in any direction), that is, (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
from
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
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Isaiah 59:11
_ _ roar — moan plaintively, like a hungry bear which growls for food.
_ _ doves — (Isaiah 38:14; Ezekiel 7:16).
_ _ salvation — retribution in kind: because not salvation, but “destruction” was “in their paths” (Isaiah 59:7). |
Isaiah 59:11
Mourn — Their oppressing governors made the wicked roar like bears, and the good mourn like doves. |
Isaiah 59:11
We all roar like (i) bears, and mourn bitterly like doves: we look for judgment, but [there is] none; for salvation, [but] it is far from us.
(i) We express our sorrows by outward signs, some more and some less. |
- roar:
Isaiah 51:20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.
Psalms 32:3-4 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. ... For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
Psalms 38:8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Hosea 7:14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, [and] they rebel against me.
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- mourn:
Isaiah 38:14 Like a crane [or] a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
Job 30:28-29 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, [and] I cried in the congregation. ... I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
Jeremiah 8:15 We looked for peace, but no good [came; and] for a time of health, and behold trouble!
Jeremiah 9:1 Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Ezekiel 7:16 But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
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- for salvation:
Psalms 85:9 Surely his salvation [is] nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
Psalms 119:155 Salvation [is] far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
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