Isaiah 59:11 Parallel Translations

We all growl like bears. We coo like doves. We hope for justice, but there is none. We hope for salvation, but it's far from us.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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.

ASV:

We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

BBE:

We make noises of grief, like bears, and sad sounds like doves: we are looking for our right, but it is not there; for salvation, but it is far from us.

DBY:

We roar all like bears, and mourn grievously like doves: we look for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.

ERV:

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.

JPS:

We all growl like bears, and mourn sore like doves; we look for right, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

WBS:

We all roar like bears, and mourn bitterly like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.

WEB:

We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

YLT:

We make a noise as bears -- all of us, And as doves we coo sorely; We wait for judgment, and there is none, For salvation -- it hath been far from us.

Isaiah 59:11 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 38:14 "Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter; I moan like a dove; My eyes look wistfully to the heights; O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.

Isaiah 59:9 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.

Isaiah 59:14 Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands far away; For truth has stumbled in the street, And uprightness cannot enter.

Ezekiel 7:16 'Even when their survivors escape, they will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, each over his own iniquity. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

59:11 We all roar like {i} bears, and mourn bitterly like doves: we look for judgment, but [there is] none; for salvation, [but] it is far from us.
(i) We express our sorrows by outward signs, some more and some less.

WES:

59:11 Mourn - Their oppressing governors made the wicked roar like bears, and the good mourn like doves.

MHC:

59:9-15 If we shut our eyes against the light of Divine truth, it is just with God to hide from our eyes the things that belong to our peace. The sins of those who profess themselves God's people, are worse than the sins of others. And the sins of a nation bring public judgments, when not restrained by public justice. Men may murmur under calamities, but nothing will truly profit while they reject Christ and his gospel.

CONC:

Bears Bitterly Coo Deliverance Doves Grief Grievously Growl Hope Judgment Justice Moan Mourn Mournfully Noise Noises None Roar Sad Sadly Salvation Sore Sorely Sounds Wait

Bears Bitterly Deliverance Doves Far Find Grief Grievously Growl Hope Judgment Justice Moan Mourn Mournfully Noise Noises Right Roar Sad Sadly Salvation Sore Sorely Sounds Wait

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