Isaiah 57:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.”
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“But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the wicked <FI>are<Fi> as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 57:20 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 6:11For this reason the king of Aram became enraged and called his servants to demand of them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”
- Job 15:20A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
- Job 18:5Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
- Job 20:11The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
- Psalms 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
- Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
- Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
- Isaiah 48:22“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”
- Jeremiah 49:23Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.
- Jude 1:12These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.
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