NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Therefore is judgmentmishpat (mish-pawt') a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective far rachaq (raw-khak') to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation) from us neither doth justice tsdaqah (tsed-aw-kaw') rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity) -- justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness). overtake nasag (naw-sag') to reach -- ability, be able, attain (unto), (be able to, can) get, lay at, put, reach, remove, wax rich, surely, (over-)take (hold of, on, upon). us we wait qavah (kaw-vaw') to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect -- gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon). for light 'owr (ore) illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.) -- bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun. but behold obscurity choshek (kho-shek') the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness -- dark(-ness), night, obscurity. for brightness ngohah (neg-o-haw') splendor -- brightness. but we walk halak (haw-lak') to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) in darkness 'aphelah (af-ay-law') duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealment -- dark, darkness, gloominess, thick. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Therefore justice is far from us, And righteousness does not overtake us; We hope for light, but behold, darkness, For brightness, but we walk in gloom. King James Bible Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. Holman Christian Standard Bible Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we live in the night. International Standard Version "So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We wait for light, but look—there is darkness; we wait for brightness, but we walk in deep darkness. NET Bible For this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light, but see only darkness; we wait for a bright light, but live in deep darkness. GOD'S WORD® Translation That is why justice is far from us, and righteousness doesn't reach us. We hope for light, but we walk in darkness. We hope for brightness, but we walk in gloom. King James 2000 Bible Therefore is justice far from us, neither does righteousness overtake us: we wait for light, but behold darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom. Links Isaiah 59:9Isaiah 59:9 NIV Isaiah 59:9 NLT Isaiah 59:9 ESV Isaiah 59:9 NASB Isaiah 59:9 KJV |
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