Strong's Lexicon So justice מִשְׁפָּ֔ט (miš·pāṭ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4941: 1) judgment, justice, ordinance 1a) judgment 1a1) act of deciding a case 1a2) place, court, seat of judgment 1a3) process, procedure, litigation (before judges) 1a4) case, cause (presented for judgment) 1a5) sentence, decision (of judgment) 1a6) execution (of judgment) 1a7) time (of judgment) 1b) justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man) 1c) ordinance 1d) decision (in law) 1e) right, privilege, due (legal) 1f) proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan is turned away וְהֻסַּ֤ג (wə·hus·saḡ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hofal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5253: 1) to move away, backslide, move, go, turn back 1a) (Qal) to backslide, prove recreant to 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to displace, move back 1b2) to remove, carry away 1d) (Hophal) to be driven back, be moved back אָחוֹר֙ (’ā·ḥō·wr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 268: 1) the back side, the rear 1a) backwards 1b) hereafter (of time) 1c) behind and righteousness וּצְדָקָ֖ה (ū·ṣə·ḏā·qāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6666: 1) justice, righteousness 1a) righteousness (in government) 1a1) of judge, ruler, king 1a2) of law 1a3) of Davidic king Messiah 1b) righteousness (of God's attribute) 1c) righteousness (in a case or cause) 1d) righteousness, truthfulness 1e) righteousness (as ethically right) 1f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification, salvation 1f1) of God 1f2) prosperity (of people) 1g) righteous acts stands תַּעֲמֹ֑ד (ta·‘ă·mōḏ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5975: 1) to stand, remain, endure, take one's stand 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to stand, take one's stand, be in a standing attitude, stand forth, take a stand, present oneself, attend upon, be or become servant of 1a2) to stand still, stop (moving or doing), cease 1a3) to tarry, delay, remain, continue, abide, endure, persist, be steadfast 1a4) to make a stand, hold one's ground 1a5) to stand upright, remain standing, stand up, rise, be erect, be upright 1a6) to arise, appear, come on the scene, stand forth, appear, rise up or against 1a7) to stand with, take one's stand, be appointed, grow flat, grow insipid 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to station, set 1b2) to cause to stand firm, maintain 1b3) to cause to stand up, cause to set up, erect 1b4) to present (one) before (king) 1b5) to appoint, ordain, establish 1c) (Hophal) to be presented, be caused to stand, be stood before at a distance. מֵרָח֣וֹק (mê·rā·ḥō·wq) Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7350: adj 1) remote, far, distant, distant lands, distant ones 1a) of distance, time n m 2) distance 2a) from a distance (with prep) For כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore truth אֱמֶ֔ת (’ĕ·meṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 571: n f 1) firmness, faithfulness, truth 1a) sureness, reliability 1b) stability, continuance 1c) faithfulness, reliableness 1d) truth 1d1) as spoken 1d2) of testimony and judgment 1d3) of divine instruction 1d4) truth as a body of ethical or religious knowledge 1d5) true doctrine adv 2) in truth, truly has stumbled כָשְׁלָ֤ה (ḵā·šə·lāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3782: 1) to stumble, stagger, totter 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to stumble 1a2) to totter 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to stumble 1b2) to be tottering, be feeble 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to stumble, bring injury or ruin to, overthrow 1c2) to make feeble, make weak 1d) (Hophal) to be made to stumble 1e) (Piel) bereave in the public square, בָֽרְחוֹב֙ (ḇā·rə·ḥō·wḇ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7339: 1) broad or open place or plaza and honesty וּנְכֹחָ֖ה (ū·nə·ḵō·ḥāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5229: 1) straight in front, be in front of, straight, right, straightness 1a) true things (of prophecy) 1b) rectitude (subst) cannot לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time) תוּכַ֥ל (ṯū·ḵal) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3201: 1) to prevail, overcome, endure, have power, be able 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be able, be able to gain or accomplish, be able to endure, be able to reach 1a2) to prevail, prevail over or against, overcome, be victor 1a3) to have ability, have strength enter. לָבֽוֹא׃ (lā·ḇō·w) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 935: 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to enter, come in 1a2) to come 1a2a) to come with 1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy) 1a2c) to come to pass 1a3) to attain to 1a4) to be enumerated 1a5) to go 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to lead in 1b2) to carry in 1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon 1b4) to bring to pass 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought, brought in 1c2) to be introduced, be put Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleSo justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter. Young's Literal Translation And removed backward is judgment, And righteousness afar off standeth, For truth hath been feeble in the street, And straightforwardness is not able to enter, Holman Christian Standard Bible Justice is turned back , and righteousness stands far off . For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter. New American Standard Bible Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands far away; For truth has stumbled in the street, And uprightness cannot enter. King James Bible And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. Parallel Verses New International Version So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter. New Living Translation Our courts oppose the righteous, and justice is nowhere to be found. Truth stumbles in the streets, and honesty has been outlawed. English Standard Version Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has stumbled in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter. New American Standard Bible Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands far away; For truth has stumbled in the street, And uprightness cannot enter. King James Bible And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. Holman Christian Standard Bible Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far off. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter. International Standard Version I'll drive back justice, and righteousness stands at a distance; for truth has fallen in the public square, and honesty cannot enter. NET Bible Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter. American Standard Version And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter. English Revised Version And judgment is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter. Young's Literal Translation And removed backward is judgment, And righteousness afar off standeth, For truth hath been feeble in the street, And straightforwardness is not able to enter, Cross References Isaiah 1:21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. Isaiah 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. Isaiah 46:12 Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness: Isaiah 59:4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. Isaiah 59:9 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. Isaiah 59:11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. Jeremiah 7:28 But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth. Daniel 8:12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. Amos 6:12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock: Habakkuk 1:4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. Isaiah 1:1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. 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