Isaiah 29:20
New International Version
The ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who have an eye for evil will be cut down—

New Living Translation
The scoffer will be gone, the arrogant will disappear, and those who plot evil will be killed.

English Standard Version
For the ruthless shall come to nothing and the scoffer cease, and all who watch to do evil shall be cut off,

Berean Standard Bible
For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—

King James Bible
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

New King James Version
For the terrible one is brought to nothing, The scornful one is consumed, And all who watch for iniquity are cut off—

New American Standard Bible
For the ruthless will come to an end and the scorner will be finished, Indeed all who are intent on doing evil will be eliminated,

NASB 1995
For the ruthless will come to an end and the scorner will be finished, Indeed all who are intent on doing evil will be cut off;

NASB 1977
For the ruthless will come to an end, and the scorner will be finished, Indeed all who are intent on doing evil will be cut off;

Legacy Standard Bible
For the ruthless will come to an end and the scoffer will be finished, Indeed all who are watching out to do evil will be cut off;

Amplified Bible
For the tyrant will come to an end and the scorner will be finished, Indeed all who are intent on doing evil will be cut off—

Christian Standard Bible
For the ruthless one will vanish, the scorner will disappear, and all those who lie in wait with evil intent will be killed —

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For the ruthless one will vanish, the scorner will disappear, and all those who lie in wait with evil intent will be killed—

American Standard Version
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scoffer ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because the trampler has passed and the mocker has ended, and all who provoked evil are destroyed

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The lawless man has come to nought, and the proud man has perished, and they that transgress mischievously have been utterly destroyed:

Contemporary English Version
All who are cruel and arrogant will be gone forever. Those who live by crime will disappear,

Douay-Rheims Bible
For he that did prevail hath failed, the scorner is consumed, and they are all cut off that watched for iniquity:

English Revised Version
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Tyrants will be gone. Mockers will be finished. All who look for ways to do wrong will come to an end:

Good News Translation
It will be the end of those who oppress others and show contempt for God. Every sinner will be destroyed.

International Standard Version
For the ruthless will vanish, and mockers will disappear, and all who have an eye for evil will be cut down—

JPS Tanakh 1917
For the terrible one is brought to nought, And the scorner ceaseth, And all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;

Literal Standard Version
For the terrible one has ceased, | And the scorner has been consumed, | And all watching for iniquity have been cut off,

Majority Standard Bible
For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—

New American Bible
For the tyrant shall be no more, the scoffer shall cease to be; All who are ready for evil shall be cut off,

NET Bible
For tyrants will disappear, those who taunt will vanish, and all those who love to do wrong will be eliminated--

New Revised Standard Version
For the tyrant shall be no more, and the scoffer shall cease to be; all those alert to do evil shall be cut off—

New Heart English Bible
For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off--

Webster's Bible Translation
For the terrible one is brought to naught, and the scoffer is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

World English Bible
For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off—

Young's Literal Translation
For ceased hath the terrible one, And consumed hath been the scorner, And cut off have been all watching for iniquity,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Sanctification for the Godly
19The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. 20For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down— 21those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.…

Cross References
Psalm 10:18
to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.

Proverbs 21:24
Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man--of him who acts with excessive pride.

Isaiah 13:11
I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.

Isaiah 25:4
For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,

Isaiah 28:14
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 29:5
But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,

Isaiah 59:4
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.


Treasury of Scripture

For the terrible one is brought to nothing, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

the terrible

Isaiah 29:5
Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.

Isaiah 13:3
I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.

Isaiah 25:4,5
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall…

the scorner

Isaiah 28:14-22
Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem…

Luke 16:14
And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

Luke 23:11,35
And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate…

and all

Micah 2:1
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Mark 2:6,7
But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, …

Mark 3:2-6
And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him…

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Isaiah 29
1. God's heavy judgment upon Jerusalem
7. The insatiableness of her enemies
9. The senselessness
13. And deep hypocrisy of the people
17. A promise of sanctification to the godly














(20) The terrible one.--The word stands, as in Isaiah 29:5, for the Assyrian invader; the "scorner," for the prophet's enemies who derided his message, and sought, "watching for iniquity," to find an accusation against him.

Verse 20. - The terrible one... the scorner. "The terrible one" may be the foreign enemy, as in ver. 5, or, possibly, the native oppressor (Isaiah 1:23; Isaiah 5:93, etc.) - a still more tearful evil. "The scorner" is the godless man, who scoffs at religion (Isaiah 28:14, 22). Both classes would be "consumed" and "brought to naught" when the new state of things was established. All that watch for iniquity; i.e. "all those who, for the furtherance of their iniquitous schemes, rise up early and late take rest, and eat the bread of carefulness" (Psalm 127:2).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the ruthless
עָרִ֖יץ (‘ā·rîṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6184: Awe-inspiring, terror-striking

will vanish,
אָפֵ֥ס (’ā·p̄ês)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 656: To cease, fail, come to an end

the mockers
לֵ֑ץ (lêṣ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3887: Ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker

will disappear,
וְכָ֣לָה (wə·ḵā·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

and all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

who look
שֹׁ֥קְדֵי (šō·qə·ḏê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 8245: To be alert, sleepless, to be on the lookout

for evil
אָֽוֶן׃ (’ā·wen)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 205: Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol

will be cut down—
וְנִכְרְת֖וּ (wə·niḵ·rə·ṯū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant


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