Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. They pursue evil schemes; acts of violence mark their ways. New Living Translation Their feet run to do evil, and they rush to commit murder. They think only about sinning. Misery and destruction always follow them. English Standard Version Their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their highways. Berean Standard Bible Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake. King James Bible Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. New King James Version Their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; Wasting and destruction are in their paths. New American Standard Bible Their feet run to evil, And they hurry to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of wrongdoing, Devastation and destruction are in their paths. NASB 1995 Their feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, Devastation and destruction are in their highways. NASB 1977 Their feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; Devastation and destruction are in their highways. Amplified Bible Their feet run to evil, And they rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness [of sin, of injustice, of wrongdoing]; Devastation and destruction are in their highways. Christian Standard Bible Their feet run after evil, and they rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and wretchedness are in their paths. Holman Christian Standard Bible Their feet run after evil, and they rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and wretchedness are in their paths. American Standard Version Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are the thoughts of depravity and plunder is in their streets Brenton Septuagint Translation And their feet run to wickedness, swift to shed blood; their thoughts also are thoughts of murder; destruction and misery are in their ways; Contemporary English Version You hurry off to do wrong or murder innocent victims. All you think about is sin; you leave ruin and destruction wherever you go. Douay-Rheims Bible Their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are unprofitable thoughts: wasting and destruction are in their ways. Good News Translation You are always planning something evil, and you can hardly wait to do it. You never hesitate to murder innocent people. You leave ruin and destruction wherever you go, International Standard Version Their feet rush to evil, and they are quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; ruin, destruction, and violence are in their paths. JPS Tanakh 1917 Their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, Desolation and destruction are in their paths. Literal Standard Version Their feet run to evil, And they hurry to shed innocent blood, Their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity, Spoiling and destruction [are] in their highways. New American Bible Their feet run to evil, and they hasten to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness, violence and destruction are on their highways. NET Bible They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy. New Revised Standard Version Their feet run to evil, and they rush to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, desolation and destruction are in their highways. New Heart English Bible Their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; destruction and calamity are in their paths. World English Bible Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths. Young's Literal Translation Their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed innocent blood, Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, Spoiling and destruction are in their highways. Additional Translations ... Context Sin Separates Us from God…6Their 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. 7Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake. 8The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.… Cross References Matthew 2:16 When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi. Mark 7:21 For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, Mark 7:22 greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. Romans 3:15 "Their feet are swift to shed blood; Proverbs 1:16 For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood. Proverbs 6:17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, Proverbs 6:18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, Treasury of Scripture Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. feet Proverbs 1:16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. Proverbs 6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, Romans 3:15 Their feet are swift to shed blood: and they Isaiah 59:3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. Jeremiah 22:17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. Lamentations 4:13 For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, their thoughts Proverbs 15:26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words. Proverbs 24:9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men. Mark 7:21,22 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, … wasting Isaiah 60:18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. Romans 3:16 Destruction and misery are in their ways: destruction.
(7) Their feet run to evil.--Note the parallelisms, entirely after the manner of Isaiah, with Proverbs 1:16; Proverbs 16:17. So the four words "paths," "goings," "ways," and "paths" (another word in the Hebrew) are all from the same book.Verse 7. - Their feet run to evil. It is, however, only too true that they have a power to work evil. They cannot construct, their devices fall through, their "spinning" is to no purpose; but they can, in a rough and blind way, do enormous mischief. "Their feet run to evil" - rush to it at full speed - brook no delay, but hurry on into act. It is an easy thing to shed innocent blood; and those who are conscious of constructive impotence are very apt to seek compensation by doing destructive work, which at least shows that they have a power of some kind. Hence "Reigns of Terror" when revolutions are at the last gasp. The strong expressions with respect to shedding innocent blood, used here and in 2 Kings 21:16 and 2 Kings 24:4, seem to imply something like a massacre of the more godly Israelites by the ungodly in Manasseh's time. Wasting and destruction (compare the "destruction and misery" of Romans 3:16, which is a quotation of the present passage). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Their feetרַגְלֵיהֶם֙ (raḡ·lê·hem) Noun - fdc | third person masculine plural Strong's 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda run יָרֻ֔צוּ (yā·ru·ṣū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7323: To run to evil; לָרַ֣ע (lā·ra‘) Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil they are swift וִֽימַהֲר֔וּ (wî·ma·hă·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 4116: To be liquid, flow easily, to hurry, promptly to shed לִשְׁפֹּ֖ךְ (liš·pōḵ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 8210: To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out innocent נָקִ֑י (nā·qî) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 5355: Clean, free from, exempt blood. דָּ֣ם (dām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed Their thoughts מַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ (maḥ·šə·ḇō·w·ṯê·hem) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 4284: A contrivance, a texture, machine, intention, plan are sinful אָ֔וֶן (’ā·wen) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 205: Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol thoughts; מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת (maḥ·šə·ḇō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 4284: A contrivance, a texture, machine, intention, plan ruin שֹׁ֥ד (šōḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7701: Violence, havoc, devastation, ruin and destruction וָשֶׁ֖בֶר (wā·še·ḇer) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7667: A breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash lie in their wake. בִּמְסִלּוֹתָֽם׃ (bim·sil·lō·w·ṯām) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 4546: A thoroughfare, a viaduct, a staircase Jump to Previous Blood Death Delight Desolation Destruction Devastation Evil Feet Haste Hasten Highways Iniquity Innocent Mark Paths Quickly Ruin Run Rush Shed Sin Spoiling Swift Thoughts Upright WastingJump to Next Blood Death Delight Desolation Destruction Devastation Evil Feet Haste Hasten Highways Iniquity Innocent Mark Paths Quickly Ruin Run Rush Shed Sin Spoiling Swift Thoughts Upright WastingLinks Isaiah 59:7 NIVIsaiah 59:7 NLT Isaiah 59:7 ESV Isaiah 59:7 NASB Isaiah 59:7 KJV Isaiah 59:7 BibleApps.com Isaiah 59:7 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 59:7 Chinese Bible Isaiah 59:7 French Bible Isaiah 59:7 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 59:7 Their feet run to evil and they (Isa Isi Is) |
   
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