Isaiah 59:9

American Standard Version (1901)

Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

ASV Byzantine Text

Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

Asang Khongca Bible

To pongah toenghaih loe aicae khae hoi angthla boeh, toenghaih mah aicae hae kae ai boeh; aanghaih a zing o, toe khenah vinghaih to oh lat; ni aengh to a pakrong o, toe tahmuep thungah ni a caeh o lat.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Te dongah tiktamnah he mamih lamloh lakhla tih duengnah loh mamih ng'kae voel pawh. Vangnah te n'lamtawn uh dae hmuep coeng ke. Khosaeng yueng la khohmuep ah m'pongpa uh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Te dongah tiktamnah he mamih lamloh lakhla tih duengnah loh mamih ng'kae voel pawh. Vangnah te n'lamtawn uh dae hmuep coeng ke. Khosaeng yueng la khohmuep ah m'pongpa uh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Nolaila, ua loihi ka pono mai o makou aku, Aole hahai ka hooponopono ia makou a loaa; Kakali no makou i ka malamalama, aia hoi, he pouli; A i ke alohilohi hoi, aka, ke hele nei makou ma ka poeleele.

English Berean Standard Bible

Therefore 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.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Pèp la di: -Koulye a nou konnen poukisa Bondye ki pou ta defann kòz nou an rete lwen nou konsa, poukisa li pa vin delivre nou. Nou t'ap tann limyè pou klere kote n'ap mete pye nou, men kote nou pase se nan fènwa nou ye.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Propter hoc elongatum est judicium a nobis, et non apprehendet nos justitia. Exspectavimus lucem, et ecce tenebræ; splendorem, et in tenebris ambulavimus.

Bible in Basic English

For this cause our right is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us: we are looking for light, but there is only the dark; for the shining of the sun, but our way is in the night.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

C’est pourquoi le juste jugement est loin de nous, et la justice ne nous atteint pas ; nous attendons la lumière, et voici les ténèbres ! la clarté, [et] nous marchons dans l’obscurité.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Protož vzdálil se od nás soud, a nedochází nás spravedlnost. Èekáme-li na světlo, aj, tma, pakli na blesk, v mrákotách chodíme.

Kosraean Bible

Mwet uh fahk, “Inge kut etu lah efu ku God El tia molikutla lukelos su akkeokye kut. Kut finsrak ke kalem kut in fahsr kac, a lohsr mukena pa kut liye.

World Portuguese Bible

Portanto, a justiça está longe de nós, e a retidão não nos alcança. Procuramos por luz, mas vemos trevas; por claridade, mas andamos na escuridão.

Romanian BTF Bible

De aceea judecata este departe de noi, şi dreptatea nu ne ajunge, aşteptăm lumină, dar iată, întuneric; strălucire, dar umblăm în întunecime.

Brenton English Septuagint

Therefore has judgment departed from them, and righteousness shall not overtake them: while they waited for light, darkness came upon them; while they waited for brightness, they walked in perplexity.

Burmese Common Language Bible

လူ​တို့​က``ဘု​ရား​သ​ခင်​သည်​ငါ​တို့​အား မ​တ​ရား​ပြု​သူ​တို့​လက်​မှ​အ​ဘယ်​ကြောင့် ကယ်​တော်​မ​မူ​ကြောင်း​ကို​လည်း​ငါ​တို့​သိ ရ​ပြီ။ ငါ​တို့​သည်​မိ​မိ​လျှောက်​သွား​ရန်​လမ်း ခ​ရီး​အ​တွက် အ​လင်း​ရောင်​ကို​မျှော်​လင့်​တောင့် တ​ကြ​သော်​လည်း​မှောင်​မိုက်​အ​ရိပ်​ကို​သာ လျှင်​ရ​ရှိ​ကြ​၏။-

Darby Translation

Therefore is justice far from us, and righteousness overtaketh us not: we wait for light, and behold darkness; for brightness, [but] we walk in obscurity.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Darum ist das Recht fern von uns, und die Gerechtigkeit erreicht uns nicht. Wir harren auf Licht, und siehe, Finsternis; auf Helle, aber in dichtem Dunkel wandeln wir.

Dutch Bible 1917

Daarom is het recht verre van ons, en de gerechtigheid achterhaalt ons niet; wij wachten op het licht, maar ziet, er is duisternis, op een groten glans, maar wij wandelen in donkerheden.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Daarom blijft het recht ook verre van ons, En kan ons het heil niet bereiken; Wij wachten op licht, en zie, het blijft donker, Op zonnegloren, en wij wandelen in duisternis rond.

Italian Diodati Bible

Perciò, il giudicio si è allontanato da noi, e la giustizia non ci ha aggiunti; noi abbiamo aspettata luce, ed ecco tenebre; splendore, ed ecco camminiamo in caligine.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Therefore is judgment far from us, and justice shall not overtake us. We looked for light, and behold darkness: brightness, and we have walked in the dark.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore is iudgement farre from vs, neither doeth iustice come neere vnto vs: we waite for light, but loe, it is darkenesse: for brightnesse, but we walke in darkenesse.

Noyes Bible

Therefore is judgment far from us, And deliverance doth not overtake us. We look for light, and behold obscurity; For brightness, and we walk in darkness.

Danish Bible 1931

Derfor er Ret os fjern, og Retfærd når os ikke; vi bier på Lys - se, Mørke, på Dagning, men vandrer i Mulm;

Leeser Tanakh

Therefore is justice far from us, nor will happiness overtake us: we ever hope for light, but behold there is darkness; for brightness, but in obscurity must we walk.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us; we look for light, but behold darkness, for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

King James Version

¶ Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

King James Version + Apocrypha

¶ Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Vậy nên sự công bình đã cách xa chúng ta, sự nhân nghĩa cũng không theo kịp chúng ta. Chúng ta trông mong sự sáng, mà sự tối tăm đây nầy, trông mong sự sáng láng, mà đi trong u ám.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Therefore is judgment far from us, Neither doth justice overtake us: We wait for light, but behold obscurity; For brightness, but we walk in darkness.

Revised West Version

“Ko ia ʻoku mamaʻo ai meiate kitautolu ʻae fakamaau, pea ʻoku ʻikai hoko mai ʻae angatonu: ʻoku tau tatali ki he maama, kae vakai ko e fakapoʻuli; ki he maama lahi, ka ʻoku tau ʻeveʻeva ʻi he poʻuli.

French Ostervald Bible

C'est pourquoi le jugement favorable s'est éloigné de nous, et la justice ne parvient pas jusqu'à nous. Nous attendons la lumière, et voici les ténèbres; l'éclat du jour, et nous marchons dans l'obscurité.

Esperanto Bible

Tial malproksimiĝis de ni justeco, kaj vero ne atingis nin; ni atendas lumon, sed jen estas mallumo; brilon, sed ni iras en mallumo.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

C’est pourquoi l’arrêt de délivrance est loin de nous, Et le salut ne nous atteint pas; Nous attendons la lumière, et voici les ténèbres, La clarté, et nous marchons dans l’obscurité.

German Luther Bible 1912

Darum ist das Recht fern von uns, und wir erlangen die Gerechtigkeit nicht. Wir harren aufs Licht, siehe, so wird's finster, auf den Schein, siehe, so wandeln wir im Dunkeln.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Therefore has judgment departed from them, and righteousness shall not overtake them: while they waited for light, darkness came upon them; while they waited for brightness, they walked in perplexity.

British English Septuagint 2012

Therefore has judgement departed from them, and righteousness shall not overtake them: while they waited for light, darkness came upon them; while they waited for brightness, they walked in perplexity.

Majority Standard BIble

Therefore 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.

Webster Bible

Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

Revised Version

Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but behold darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Perciò la sentenza liberatrice è lunge da noi, e non arriva fino a noi la giustizia; noi aspettiamo la luce, ed ecco le tenebre; aspettiamo il chiarore del dì, e camminiamo nel buio.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

C'est pourquoi le droit est loin de nous, et la justice ne nous atteint pas. Nous attendons la lumière, mais voici les ténèbres ; la clarté, mais nous marchons dans l'obscurité.

Reina Valera 1909

Por esto se alejó de nosotros el juicio, y no nos alcanzó justicia: esperamos luz, y he aquí tinieblas; resplandores, y andamos en oscuridad.

Spanish BLL

Por eso el derecho está lejos de nosotros, y la justicia no nos alcanza. Esperábamos luz, y solo vemos tinieblas; buscábamos resplandor, y caminamos en oscuridad.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Por esto se alejó de nosotros la justicia, y no nos alcanzó la rectitud; esperamos luz, y he aquí tinieblas; resplandores, y andamos en oscuridad.

Croatian Bible

Stog' se pravo od nas udaljilo, zato pravda ne dopire do nas. Nadasmo se svjetlosti, a ono tama; i vidjelu, a ono u tmini hodimo.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Zato je sud daleko od nas, i pravda ne dolazi do nas; čekamo videlo, a ono, eto mrak; svetlost, a ono hodimo po tami.

German Textbibel

Darum blieb das Recht fern von uns, und Gerechtigkeit kommt uns nicht zu nahe. Wir harren auf Licht, aber da ist Finsternis, auf Lichtstrahlen - in tiefem Dunkel wandeln wir dahin!

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Therefore has judgment departed from them, and righteousness shall not overtake them: while they waited for light, darkness came upon them; while they waited for brightness, they walked in perplexity.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

עַל־כֵּ֗ן רָחַ֤ק מִשְׁפָּט֙ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ וְלֹ֥א תַשִּׂיגֵ֖נוּ צְדָקָ֑ה נְקַוֶּ֤ה לָאוֹר֙ וְהִנֵּה־חֹ֔שֶׁךְ לִנְגֹה֖וֹת בָּאֲפֵל֥וֹת נְהַלֵּֽךְ׃

World English Bible

Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness doesn’t overtake us. We look for light, but see darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

World English Bible (Catholic)

Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness doesn’t overtake us. We look for light, but see darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

World English Bible British Edition

Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness doesn’t overtake us. We look for light, but see darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness doesn’t overtake us. We look for light, but see darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

World English Bible Classic

Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness doesn’t overtake us. We look for light, but see darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

World English Bible Updated

Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness doesn’t overtake us. We look for light, but see darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

World Messianic Bible

Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness doesn’t overtake us. We look for light, but see darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness doesn’t overtake us. We look for light, but see darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

Young's Literal Translation

Therefore hath judgment been far from us, And righteousness reacheth us not, We wait for light, and lo, darkness, For brightness — in thick darkness we go,

SEPTUAGINTA

διὰ τοῦτο ἀπέστη ἡ κρίσις ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐ μὴ καταλάβῃ αὐτοὺς δικαιοσύνη· ὑπομεινάντων αὐτῶν φῶς ἐγένετο αὐτοῖς σκότος, μείναντες αὐγὴν ἐν ἀωρίᾳ περιεπάτησαν.

Brenton Septuagint

Διατοῦτο ἀπέστη ἡ κρίσις ἀπʼ αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐ μὴ καταλάβῃ αὐτοὺς δικαιοσύνη· ὑπομεινάντων αὐτῶν φῶς ἐγένετο αὐτοῖς σκότος, μείναντες αὐγὴν ἐν ἀωρίᾳ περιεπάτησαν.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Де ачея хотэрыря де избэвире есте департе де ной ши мынтуиря ну не ажунӂе. Аштептэм лумина, ши ятэ ынтунерикул; лучиря, ши умблэм ын негурэ!

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Тим то далеко від нас суд, і правосуддє не досягає нас; дожидаєм сьвітла, а ось темрява, — ясноти, а ходим у тьмі.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Тим то далеко від нас суд, і правосуддє не досягає нас; дожидаєм сьвітла, а ось темрява, — ясноти, а ходим у тьмі.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Зато је суд далеко од нас, и правда не долази до нас; чекамо видело, а оно, ето мрак; светлост, а оно ходимо по тами.

Russian Synodal Bible

Потому-то и далек от нас суд, и правосудие не достигает до нас; ждем света, и вот тьма, - озарения, и ходим во мраке.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

עַל־כֵּ֗ן רָחַ֤ק מִשְׁפָּט֙ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ וְלֹ֥א תַשִּׂיגֵ֖נוּ צְדָקָ֑ה נְקַוֶּ֤ה לָאֹור֙ וְהִנֵּה־חֹ֔שֶׁךְ לִנְגֹהֹ֖ות בָּאֲפֵלֹ֥ות נְהַלֵּֽךְ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

על כן רחק משפט ממנו ולא תשיגנו צדקה נקוה לאור והנה חשך לנגהות באפלות נהלך׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ ٱبْتَعَدَ ٱلْحَقُّ عَنَّا، وَلَمْ يُدْرِكْنَا ٱلْعَدْلُ. نَنْتَظِرُ نُورًا فَإِذَا ظَلَامٌ. ضِيَاءً فَنَسِيرُ فِي ظَلَامٍ دَامِسٍ.

Old Persion Version Bible

بنابراین انصاف از ما دور شده است و عدالت به ما نمی رسد. انتظار نور می‌کشیم و اینک ظلمت است و منتظر روشنایی هستیم اما در تاریکی غلیظ سالک می‌باشیم.

Judson Burmese Bible

ထို့ကြောင့် ၊ ဖြောင့်မတ် စွာ စီရင်ခြင်းသည် ငါ တို့ နှင့် ဝေး ၏။ တရား သည်လည်း ငါ တို့ကိုမ မှီ။ အလင်း ကို မြော်လင့် သောအခါ ရှင်းလင်း ခြင်းမရှိ။ ရောင်ခြည် ကို မြော်လင့် သော်လည်း ၊ မှောင်မိုက် ၌ သွား လာရကြ၏။

Korean Bible 1910

그러므로 공평이 우리에게서 멀고 의가 우리에게 미치지 못한즉 우리가 빛을 바라나 어두움 뿐이요 밝은 것을 바라나 캄캄한 가운데 행하므로

Japanese Freedom Bible

それゆえ、公正はわれわれから遠く、 義はわれわれに追いつかない。 われわれは光を待ち望むが、見よ、闇があり、 輝きを待ち望むが、暗がりの中を歩く。

World Chinese Bible

因此，公正离我们很远， 公义追不上我们。 我们等候光明，却看见黑暗； 等候亮光，却行在幽暗中。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

因此，公平离我们远， 公义追不上我们。 我们指望光亮，却是黑暗， 指望光明，却行幽暗。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

因此，公平離我們遠， 公義追不上我們。 我們指望光亮，卻是黑暗， 指望光明，卻行幽暗。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Por isso o juízo está longe de nós, nem a justiça nos alcança; esperamos luz , porém eis que há somente trevas; esperamos brilho, porém andamos às escuras.

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Mashi Bible

Okwo kwo kwarhumire obucîranuzi bwacîyegûla nîrhu n’obushinganyanya burharhuhikayo. Rhwakâg’ilingûza obulangashane, lêro gwabîre mwizimya go guyisha! Rhwakâg’ilongereza omulengezi, lêro omu ndunduli y’omwizizi mwo rhudwîrhe rhwalambagira!

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Darum bleibt das Recht fern von uns, und die Gerechtigkeit erreicht uns nicht. Wir warten auf das Licht, und siehe da, Finsternis, auf den hellen Tag, und wir wandeln in der Dunkelheit!

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Por esta causa nuestro derecho está lejos de nosotros, y la justicia no nos alcanza; estamos buscando la luz, pero solo existe la oscuridad; resplandor, pero andamos en la oscuridad.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Por eso se aleja de nosotros la justicia y la rectitud no nos alcanza. Esperamos luz, pero hay tenebrosidad. Esperamos claridad, pero andamos en oscuridad.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

Therefore is mishpat (justice) far from us, neither doth tzedakah overtake us; we wait for ohr, but, hinei, choshech; for negohot (brightness), but we walk in gloom.

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