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Isaiah 57:20

20  aBut the wicked are like the tossing sea;

for it cannot be quiet,

and its waters toss up mire and dirt.

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Isaiah 57:20 — The New International Version (NIV)

20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea,

which cannot rest,

whose waves cast up mire and mud.

Isaiah 57:20 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea,

When it cannot rest,

Whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

Isaiah 57:20 — New Living Translation (NLT)

20 “But those who still reject me are like the restless sea,

which is never still

but continually churns up mud and dirt.

Isaiah 57:20 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea,

When it cannot rest,

Whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

Isaiah 57:20 — New Century Version (NCV)

20 But evil people are like the angry sea,

which cannot rest,

whose waves toss up waste and mud.

Isaiah 57:20 — American Standard Version (ASV)

20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

Isaiah 57:20 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, which cannot rest, and whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

Isaiah 57:20 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

20 But the wicked are like the churning sea. 

It isn’t quiet, 

and its water throws up mud and slime. 

Isaiah 57:20 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

20 But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea,

for it cannot be still,

and its waters churn up mire and muck.

Isaiah 57:20 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea

that cannot keep still;

its waters toss up mire and mud.

Isaiah 57:20 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

20 But the wicked are like the churning sea,

that is not able to keep quiet,

and its waters toss up mire and mud.

Isaiah 57:20 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

20 But those who are evil are like the rolling sea.

It never rests.

Its waves toss up mud and sand.

Isaiah 57:20 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea,

For it cannot be quiet,

And its waters toss up refuse and mud.


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