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Isaiah 57:20

World English Bible

But the wicked are like the troubled sea;
for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud.

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Isaiah 57:20 in other translations

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

Isaiah 57:20 · American Standard Version

Isaiah 57:20 in context

  1. 18I have seen his ways, and will heal him.
    I will lead him also,
    and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
  2. 19I create the fruit of the lips:
    Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,”
    says Yahweh; “and I will heal them.”
  3. 20But the wicked are like the troubled sea;
    for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud.
  4. 21“There is no peace”, says my God,
    “for the wicked.”