Isaiah 59:14
14 pJustice is turned back,
and righteousness stands far away;
for truth has stumbled in the public squares,
and uprightness cannot enter.
Isaiah 59:14 — The New International Version (NIV)
14 So justice is driven back,
and righteousness stands at a distance;
truth has stumbled in the streets,
honesty cannot enter.
Isaiah 59:14 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
14 And judgment is turned away backward,
And justice standeth afar off:
For truth is fallen in the street,
And equity cannot enter.
Isaiah 59:14 — New Living Translation (NLT)
14 Our courts oppose the righteous,
and justice is nowhere to be found.
Truth stumbles in the streets,
and honesty has been outlawed.
Isaiah 59:14 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
14 Justice is turned back,
And righteousness stands afar off;
For truth is fallen in the street,
And equity cannot enter.
Isaiah 59:14 — New Century Version (NCV)
14 So we have driven away justice,
and we have kept away from what is right.
Truth is not spoken in the streets;
what is honest is not allowed to enter the city.
Isaiah 59:14 — American Standard Version (ASV)
14 And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
Isaiah 59:14 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
14 And judgment is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth stumbleth in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
Isaiah 59:14 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
14 Justice is turned back,
and righteousness stands far away.
Truth has fallen in the street,
and honesty can’t come in.
Isaiah 59:14 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
14 Justice is turned back,
and righteousness stands far off.
For truth has stumbled in the public square,
and honesty cannot enter.
Isaiah 59:14 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
14 Justice is turned back,
and righteousness stands at a distance;
for truth stumbles in the public square,
and uprightness cannot enter.
Isaiah 59:14 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
14 And justice is pushed back,
and righteousness stands afar;
for truth stumbles in the public square,
and straightforwardness is unable to enter,
Isaiah 59:14 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
14 So people stop others from doing what is fair.
They keep them from doing what is right.
No one tells the truth in court anymore.
No one is honest there.
Isaiah 59:14 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
14 Justice is turned back,
And righteousness stands far away;
For truth has stumbled in the street,
And uprightness cannot enter.