Isaiah 1:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.”

Isaiah 1:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Isaiah 1:17 in 6 Bible Translations

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Isaiah 1:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.””

Isaiah 1:17 — World English Bible

Isaiah 1:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. ”

Isaiah 1:17 — American Standard Version

Isaiah 1:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive <FI>for<Fi> the widow.”

Isaiah 1:17 — Young's Literal Translation

Isaiah 1:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“learn to do well: seek judgment, gladden the oppressed, do justice to the fatherless, plead for the widow. ”

Isaiah 1:17 — Darby Translation

Isaiah 1:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Learne to doe well: seeke iudgement, relieue the oppressed: iudge the fatherlesse and defend the widowe.”

Isaiah 1:17 — Geneva Bible

Isaiah 1:17 in Context — Isaiah 1

15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

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What Does Isaiah 1:17 Mean?

Isaiah 1:17 is a verse from the Book of Isaiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Isaiah chapter 1. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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