Isaiah 57:2 “Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down…”

Isaiah 57:2

Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

World English Bible

He enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.

American Standard Version

He entereth into peace; they rest in their beds, each one that walketh in his uprightness.

Geneva Bible 1599

Peace shall come: they shall rest in their beds, euery one that walketh before him.

Darby Translation

He entereth into peace: they rest in their beds, [each one] that hath walked in his uprightness.

Young's Literal Translation

He entereth into peace, they rest on their beds, [Each] is going straightforward.

Bible in Basic English

They are at rest in their last resting-places, every one going straight before him.

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Cross references

“He shall”

Revelation 14:13 2 Corinthians 5:1 Job 3:17 Ecclesiastes 12:7 2 Corinthians 5:8 Matthew 25:21

Revelation 14:13 · BSB

And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”

2 Corinthians 5:1 · BSB

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

Job 3:17 · BSB

There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 · BSB

before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

2 Corinthians 5:8 · BSB

We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Matthew 25:21 · BSB

His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’

“enter into”

Luke 2:29 Luke 7:50

Luke 2:29 · BSB

“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.

Luke 7:50 · BSB

And Jesus told the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

“rest”

2 Chronicles 16:14 Ezekiel 32:25 Isaiah 14:18

2 Chronicles 16:14 · BSB

And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.

Ezekiel 32:25 · BSB

Among the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the livin…

Isaiah 14:18 · BSB

All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.

“in his uprightness”

Genesis 17:1 Luke 1:6

Genesis 17:1 · BSB

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

Luke 1:6 · BSB

Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.

Also

Isaiah 26:7

Isaiah 26:7 · BSB

The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.

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

In context

1The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous are taken away from the presence of evil.

3“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!

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