Isaiah 57:20 KJV — MannaFest

Isaiah 57:20

But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

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ASV

But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

WEB

But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.

YLT

And the wicked are as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire.

DBT

But the wicked are like the troubled sea, which cannot rest, and whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

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Isaiah 59:8
The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
Proverbs 4:16–17
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Isaiah 3:11
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Jude 1:13
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Job 18:5–14
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

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The providence of God removing good men apace out of this world. The righteous, as to this world, perish; they are gone and their place knows them no more. Piety exempts none from the arrests of death, nay, in persecuting times, the most righteous are most exposed to the violences of bloody men.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The just rebukes which that people were brought under for their sin: For the iniquity of his covetousness I was wroth, and smote him. Covetousness was a sin that abounded very much among that people. 13 , From the least to the greatest of them, every one is given to covetousness.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The wicked, wherever he is, in Babylon or in Jerusalem, carries about with him the principle of his own uneasiness, and is like the troubled sea. God healed those to whom he spoke peace (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

when it cannot rest--rather, "for it can have no rest" (Job 15:20, &c.; English Version represents the sea as occasionally agitated; but the Hebrew expresses that it can never be at rest.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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