Isaiah 57:20
But wicked men be as the boiling sea, that may not rest; and the waves thereof float again into defouling, and fen.This verse in the real world
In what words
- רֶפֶשׁrepheshmud (as roiled)
- שָׁקַטshâqaṭto repose (usually figurative)
- גָּרַשׁgârashto drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce
- יָכֹלyâkôlto be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
- רָשָׁעrâshâʻmorally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
- יָםyâma sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article),
- מַיִםmayimwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Pro 4:16–17, Isa 3:11, Job 18:5–14, Jud 1:12, Job 20:11–29, Psa 73:18–20, Job 15:20–24