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God Condemns Idolatry

Isaiah 57:12

In 11 translations

BSB
I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you.
KJV
I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
WEB
I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they will not benefit you.
ASV
I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.
LSV
I declare your righteousness, and your works, || And they do not profit you.
YLT
I declare thy righteousness, and thy works, And they do not profit thee.
DBY
I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; and they shall not profit thee.
DRC
I will declare thy justice, and thy works shall not profit thee.
GNV
I will declare thy righteousnes and thy workes, and they shall not profite thee.
JPS
I will declare thy righteousness; thy works also — they shall not profit thee.
LXXE
And I will declare thy righteousness, and thy sins, which shall not profit thee.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אֲנִ֥י אַגִּ֖יד צִדְקָתֵ֑ךְ וְאֶֽת־מַעֲשַׂ֖יִךְ וְלֹ֥א יוֹעִילֽוּךְ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐγὼ ἀπαγγελῶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου, καὶ τὰ κακά σου, ἃ οὐκ ὠφελήσει σε,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Romans 3:10–20As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one. There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even…
  • Jeremiah 7:4–11Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’ For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another, if you…
  • Isaiah 1:11–15“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. When you come…
  • Micah 3:2–4You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones. You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh…
  • Matthew 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
  • Isaiah 29:15Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
  • Isaiah 58:2–6For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of…
  • Romans 10:2–3For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge. Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
  • Isaiah 64:5You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?
  • Isaiah 59:6–8Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands. Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed…
  • Isaiah 66:3–4Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is…
  • Matthew 23:5All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.

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