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Isaiah 59:9

World English Bible

Therefore justice is far from us,
and righteousness doesn’t overtake us.
We look for light, but see darkness;
for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

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Isaiah 59:9 in other translations

Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

Isaiah 59:9 · American Standard Version

Isaiah 59:9 in context

  1. 7Their feet run to evil,
    and they hurry to shed innocent blood.
    Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity.
    Desolation and destruction are in their paths.
  2. 8They don’t know the way of peace;
    and there is no justice in their ways.
    They have made crooked paths for themselves;
    whoever goes in them doesn’t know peace.
  3. 9Therefore justice is far from us,
    and righteousness doesn’t overtake us.
    We look for light, but see darkness;
    for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
  4. 10We grope for the wall like the blind.
    Yes, we grope as those who have no eyes.
    We stumble at noon as if it were twilight.
    Among those who are strong, we are like dead men.
  5. 11We all roar like bears
    and moan bitterly like doves.
    We look for justice, but there is none,
    for salvation, but it is far off from us.