Isaiah 59:8
They don’t know the way of peace; and there is no justice in their ways. They have made crooked paths for themselves; whoever goes in them doesn’t know peace.This verse in the real world
In what words
- עָקַשׁʻâqashto knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse)
- מַעְגָּלmaʻgâla track (literally or figuratively); also a rampart (as circular)
- נָתִיבnâthîyba (beaten) track
- דָּרַךְdârakto tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)
- שָׁלוֹםshâlôwmsafe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, p
- מִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭproperly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentenc
- דֶּרֶךְdereka road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- יָדַעyâdaʻto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figurativel
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 57:20–21, Rom 3:17, Luk 1:79, Isa 5:7, Psa 58:1–2, Jer 5:1, Hos 4:1–2, Mat 23:23