Isaiah 59:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.”
Isaiah 59:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 59:11 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 59:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“We all roar like bears and moan sadly like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far off from us.”
Isaiah 59:11 — World English Bible
Isaiah 59:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. ”
Isaiah 59:11 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 59:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“We make a noise as bears--all of us, And as doves we coo sorely; We wait for judgment, and there is none, For salvation--it hath been far from us.”
Isaiah 59:11 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 59:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“We roar all like bears, and mourn grievously like doves: we look for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, [but] it is far from us. ”
Isaiah 59:11 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 59:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“We roare all like beares, and mourne like dooues: wee looke for equitie, but there is none: for health, but it is farre from vs.”
Isaiah 59:11 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 59:11 in Context — Isaiah 59
9 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.
10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;
13 In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
What Does Isaiah 59:11 Mean?
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