Isaiah 1:6 “From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundn…”

Isaiah 1:6

From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

World English Bible

From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it, but wounds, welts, and open sores. They haven’t been closed, bandaged, or soothed with oil.

American Standard Version

From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and fresh stripes: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil.

Geneva Bible 1599

From the sole of the foote vnto the head, there is nothing whole therein, but wounds, and swelling, and sores full of corruption: they haue not bene wrapped, nor bound vp, nor mollified with oyle.

Darby Translation

From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in him; wounds, and weals, and open sores: they have not been dressed, nor bound up, nor mollified with oil.

Young's Literal Translation

From the sole of the foot — unto the head, There is no soundness in it, Wound, and bruise, and fresh smiting! They have not been closed nor bound, Nor have they softened with ointment.

Bible in Basic English

The body, from head to foot, is all diseased; it is a mass of open wounds, marks of blows, and broken flesh: the flow of blood has not been stopped, and no oil has been put on the wounds.

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Cross references

“the sole”

Job 2:7 Job 2:8 Luke 16:20 Luke 16:21

Job 2:7 · BSB

So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.

Job 2:8 · BSB

And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.

Luke 16:20 · BSB

And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores

Luke 16:21 · BSB

and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

“bruises”

Jeremiah 6:14 Psalm 77:2 Jeremiah 30:12 Nahum 3:19 2 Chronicles 6:28 2 Chronicles 6:29

Jeremiah 6:14 · BSB

They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.

Psalm 77:2 · BSB

In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.

Jeremiah 30:12 · BSB

For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.

Nahum 3:19 · BSB

There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?

2 Chronicles 6:28 · BSB

When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies besiege them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,

2 Chronicles 6:29 · BSB

then may whatever prayer or plea Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—

“they have”

Jeremiah 33:6 Matthew 9:12 Job 5:18 Psalm 38:3–5 Malachi 4:2 Luke 10:34

Jeremiah 33:6 · BSB

Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.

Matthew 9:12 · BSB

On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

Job 5:18 · BSB

For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.

Psalm 38:3–5 · BSB

There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.

Malachi 4:2 · BSB

“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

Luke 10:34 · BSB

He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.

7Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you— a desolation demolished by strangers.

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