Isaiah 59:8 “The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their…”

Isaiah 59:8

The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

World English Bible

They 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.

American Standard Version

The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace.

Geneva Bible 1599

The way of peace they knowe not, and there is none equitie in their goings: they haue made them crooked paths: whosoeuer goeth therein, shall not knowe peace.

Darby Translation

the way of peace they know not, and there is no judgment in their goings; they have made their paths crooked: whoso goeth therein knoweth not peace.

Young's Literal Translation

A way of peace they have not known, And there is no judgment in their paths, Their paths they have made perverse for themselves, No treader in it hath known peace.

Bible in Basic English

They have no knowledge of the way of peace, and there is no sense of what is right in their behaviour: they have made for themselves ways which are not straight; whoever goes in them has no knowledge of peace.

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Cross references

“way”

Romans 3:17 Luke 1:79 Proverbs 3:17

Romans 3:17 · BSB

and the way of peace they have not known.”

Luke 1:79 · BSB

to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

Proverbs 3:17 · BSB

All her ways are pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.

“no”

Isaiah 5:7 Jeremiah 5:1 Matthew 23:23 Amos 6:1–6 Isaiah 59:14 Isaiah 59:15

Isaiah 5:7 · BSB

For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.

Jeremiah 5:1 · BSB

“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.

Matthew 23:23 · BSB

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latte…

Amos 6:1–6 · BSB

Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.

Isaiah 59:14 · BSB

So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

Isaiah 59:15 · BSB

Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.

“judgment”

Psalm 58:1 Psalm 58:2

Psalm 58:1 · BSB

Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

Psalm 58:2 · BSB

No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.

“crooked”

Psalm 125:5 Proverbs 2:15 Proverbs 28:18

Psalm 125:5 · BSB

But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.

Proverbs 2:15 · BSB

whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.

Proverbs 28:18 · BSB

He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.

“whosoever”

Isaiah 48:22 Isaiah 57:20 Isaiah 57:21

Isaiah 48:22 · BSB

“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”

Isaiah 57:20 · BSB

But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.

Isaiah 57:21 · BSB

“There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

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

In context

7Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.

9Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

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