⁷^tAs a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: ^u^vviolence and ^vspoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.

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Footnotes

tComp. Isai. 57:20.
vch. 20:8.
vch. 20:8.

Cross references

u Ps. 55:9. Ezek. 7:11, 23.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

As a well keeps its water fresh,

so she keeps fresh her evil;

violence and destruction are heard within her;

sickness and wounds are ever before me.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

As a well pours out its water,

so she pours out her wickedness.

Violence and destruction resound in her;

her sickness and wounds are ever before me.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

As a well gushes out its water,

so she pours out her evil.

Violence and destruction resound in her.

Sickness and wounds keep coming to my attention.

NLTNew Living Translation

She spouts evil like a fountain.

Her streets echo with the sounds of violence and destruction.

I always see her sickness and sores.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

As a water well keeps its water cool,

so she keeps cool her wickedness.

Violence and destruction are heard within her,

sickness and wounds are continually before me.