Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. New Living Translation What sorrow for those who say that evil is good and good is evil, that dark is light and light is dark, that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter. English Standard Version Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Berean Standard Bible Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter. King James Bible Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! New King James Version Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! New American Standard Bible Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! NASB 1995 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! NASB 1977 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Legacy Standard Bible Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Amplified Bible Woe (judgment is coming) to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Christian Standard Bible Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. Holman Christian Standard Bible Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. American Standard Version Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Contemporary English Version You are headed for trouble! You say wrong is right, darkness is light, and bitter is sweet. English Revised Version Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! GOD'S WORD® Translation How horrible it will be for those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn what is bitter into something sweet and what is sweet into something bitter. Good News Translation You are doomed! You call evil good and call good evil. You turn darkness into light and light into darkness. You make what is bitter sweet, and what is sweet you make bitter. International Standard Version "How terrible it will be for those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute what is bitter for what is sweet and what is sweet for what is bitter!" Majority Standard Bible Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter. NET Bible Those who call evil good and good evil are as good as dead, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter. New Heart English Bible Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. Webster's Bible Translation Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! World English Bible Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionWoe [to] those saying to evil “good,” and to good “evil,” "" Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, "" Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. Young's Literal Translation Woe to those saying to evil 'good,' And to good 'evil,' Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. Smith's Literal Translation Wo to those saying, to evil, good, and to the good, evil; putting darkness for light, and light for darkness; putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitten. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWoe to you that call evil good, and good evil: that put darkness for light, and light for darkness: that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. Catholic Public Domain Version Woe to you who call evil good, and good evil; who substitute darkness for light, and light for darkness; who exchange bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! New American Bible Ah! Those who call evil good, and good evil, who change darkness to light, and light into darkness, who change bitter to sweet, and sweet into bitter! New Revised Standard Version Ah, you who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWoe to them who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, and put light for darkness and darkness for light, and put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Woe unto them that call evil good, And good evil; That change darkness into light, And light into darkness; That change bitter into sweet, And sweet into bitter! Brenton Septuagint Translation Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; who make darkness light, and light darkness; who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Woes to the Wicked…19to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!” 20Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter. 21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.… Cross References Proverbs 17:15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD. Amos 5:7 There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground. Micah 3:2 You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones. Malachi 2:17 You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?” Romans 1:18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness. 2 Timothy 3:1-5 But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. / For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, / unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, ... Matthew 6:23 But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! John 3:19-20 And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. / Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. Ephesians 5:8-11 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, / for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth. / Test and prove what pleases the Lord. ... 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. / And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. / It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions. 1 John 1:5-6 And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. / If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 1 John 2:9-11 If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness. / Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him. / But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. Jeremiah 23:14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.” Ezekiel 22:26 Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them. Zephaniah 3:4 Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law. Treasury of Scripture Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! them Proverbs 17:15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. Malachi 2:17 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment? Malachi 3:15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered. call evil good. Jump to Previous Bitter Change Cursed Dark Darkness Evil Good Light Putting Substitute Sweet WoeJump to Next Bitter Change Cursed Dark Darkness Evil Good Light Putting Substitute Sweet WoeIsaiah 5 1. Under the parable of a vineyard, God excuses his severe judgment8. His judgments upon covetousness 11. Upon lasciviousness 13. Upon impiety 20. And upon injustice 26. The executioners of God's judgments Woe to those The word "woe" in Hebrew is "הוֹי" (hoy), a term often used by the prophets to express lamentation, warning, or impending judgment. It is a strong denunciation, indicating that the actions being addressed are grievous in the sight of God. In the context of Isaiah, this "woe" serves as a divine warning to the people of Israel, who have strayed from God's commandments. It is a call to repentance and a reminder of the consequences of sin. who call evil good and good evil who turn darkness into light and light into darkness who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Woeה֣וֹי (hō·w) Interjection Strong's 1945: Ah! alas! ha! to those who call הָאֹמְרִ֥ים (hā·’ō·mə·rîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say evil לָרַ֛ע (lā·ra‘) Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil good ט֖וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good and good וְלַטּ֣וֹב (wə·laṭ·ṭō·wḇ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good evil, רָ֑ע (rā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil who turn שָׂמִ֨ים (śā·mîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set darkness חֹ֤שֶׁךְ (ḥō·šeḵ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness to light לְאוֹר֙ (lə·’ō·wr) Preposition-l | Noun - common singular Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary and light וְא֣וֹר (wə·’ō·wr) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary to darkness, לְחֹ֔שֶׁךְ (lə·ḥō·šeḵ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness who replace שָׂמִ֥ים (śā·mîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set bitter מַ֛ר (mar) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 4751: Bitter, bitterness, bitterly with sweet לְמָת֖וֹק (lə·mā·ṯō·wq) Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 4966: Sweet, sweetness and sweet וּמָת֥וֹק (ū·mā·ṯō·wq) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 4966: Sweet, sweetness with bitter. לְמָֽר׃ (lə·mār) Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 4751: Bitter, bitterness, bitterly Links Isaiah 5:20 NIVIsaiah 5:20 NLT Isaiah 5:20 ESV Isaiah 5:20 NASB Isaiah 5:20 KJV Isaiah 5:20 BibleApps.com Isaiah 5:20 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 5:20 Chinese Bible Isaiah 5:20 French Bible Isaiah 5:20 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good (Isa Isi Is) |
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