Isaiah 57:20 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

But the wicked are like the churning sea. It isn't quiet, and its water throws up mud and slime.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

ASV:

But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

BBE:

But the evil-doers are like the troubled sea, for which there is no rest, and its waters send up earth and waste.

DBY:

But the wicked are like the troubled sea, which cannot rest, and whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

ERV:

But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

JPS:

But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

WBS:

But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

WEB:

But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can't rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

YLT:

And the wicked are as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire.

Isaiah 57:20 Cross References

XREF:

Job 18:5 "Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, And the flame of his fire gives no light.

Isaiah 3:9 The expression of their faces bears witness against them, And they display their sin like Sodom; They do not even conceal it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves.

Isaiah 3:11 Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him, For what he deserves will be done to him. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

57:20 But the wicked [are] like the troubled sea, when it {z} cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
(z) Their evil conscience always torments them and therefore they can never have rest, Isa 48:22.

WES:

57:20 Cast up - Their minds are restless, being perpetually hurried with their own lusts and passions, and with guilt, and the dread of the divine vengeance.

MHC:

57:13-21 The idols and their worshippers shall come to nothing; but those who trust in God's grace, shall be brought to the joys of heaven. With the Lord there is neither beginning of days, nor end of life, nor change of time. His name is holy, and all must know him as a holy God. He will have tender regard to those who bring their mind to their condition, and dread his wrath. He will make his abode with those whose hearts he has thus humbled, in order to revive and comfort them. When troubles last long, even good men are tempted to entertain hard thoughts of God. Therefore He will not contend for ever, for he will not forsake the work of his own hands, nor defeat the purchase of his Son's blood. Covetousness is a sin that particularly lays men under the Divine displeasure. See the sinfulness of sin. See also that troubles cannot reform men unless God's grace work in them. Peace shall be published, perfect peace. It is the fruit of preaching lips, and praying lips. Christ came and preached peace to Gentiles, as well as to the Jews; to after-ages, who were afar off in time, as well as to those of that age. But the wicked would not be healed by God's grace, therefore would not be healed by his comforts. Their ungoverned lusts and passions made them like the troubled sea. Also the terrors of conscience disturbed their enjoyments. God hath said it, and all the world cannot unsay it, That there is no peace to those who allow themselves in any sin. If we are recovered from such an awful state, it is only by the grace of God. And the influences of the Holy Spirit, and that new heart, from whence comes grateful praise, the fruit of our lips, are his gift. Salvation, with all its fruits, hopes, and comforts, is his work, and to him belongs all the glory. There is no peace for the wicked man; but let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, and he will abundantly pardon.

CONC:

Able Can't Cast Dirt Driven Evil-doers Filth Mire Mud Quiet Refuse Rest Toss Tossing Troubled Waste Waters Waves Wicked

Able Cast Dirt Driven Earth Evil-Doers Filth Mire Mud Quiet Refuse Rest Sea Toss Tossing Troubled Waste Waters Waves Wicked

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