Isaiah 57:20

In 11 translations

BSB

But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.

KJV

But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

WEB

But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud.

ASV

But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

LSV

And the wicked [are] as the driven out sea, || For it is not able to rest, || And its waters cast out filth and mire.

YLT

And the wicked [are] as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire.

DBY

But the wicked are like the troubled sea, which cannot rest, and whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

DRC

But the wicked are like the raging sea, which cannot rest, and the waves thereof cast up dirt and mire.

GNV

But the wicked are like the raging sea, that can not rest, whose waters cast vp myre and dirt.

JPS

But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

LXXE

But the unrighteous shall be tossed as troubled waves, and shall not be able to rest.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְהָרְשָׁעִ֖ים כַּיָּ֣ם נִגְרָ֑שׁ כִּ֤י הַשְׁקֵט֙ לֹ֣א יוּכָ֔ל וַיִּגְרְשׁ֥וּ מֵימָ֖יו רֶ֥פֶשׁ וָטִֽיט׃

LXX-Br

Οἱ δὲ ἄδικοι κλυδωνισθήσονται, καὶ ἀναπαύσασθαι οὐ δυνήσονται.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
• Proverbs 4:16–17For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall. For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
• Job 18:5–14Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow. The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out. His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him…
• Jude 1:12These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being…
• Job 20:11–29The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust. Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue, though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth, yet in…
• Psalms 73:18–20Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors! Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
• Job 15:20–24A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless. Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him. He despairs of his return from darkness; he is…

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