Isaiah 59:11 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

We make a noise as bears -- all of us, And as doves we coo sorely; We wait for judgment, and there is none, For salvation -- it hath been far from us.

English ASV

We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

English Amplified

We all groan and growl like bears and moan plaintively like doves. We look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

We all groan and growl like bears and moan plaintively like doves. We look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

We roar all like bears, and mourn grievously like doves: we look for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, [but] it is far from us.

English EASY 2024

We all make a noise, like hungry bears. We make sad noises, like doves. We are waiting for God to bring justice to us, but nothing is happening. We look for his salvation, but it is still far away.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

We are always complaining; we growl like bears and moan like doves. We are waiting for justice, but there is none. We are waiting to be saved, but salvation is still far away.

We all growl like bears; we moan and moan like doves; we hope for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

We are frightened and distressed. We long for God to save us from oppression and wrong, but nothing happens.

English God's Word - GW 1995

We all growl like bears. We coo like doves. We hope for justice, but there is none. We hope for salvation, but it's far from us.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but there is none; for salvation, [but] it is far from us.

English KJV 1611

We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

English LSB

All of us growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We hope for justice, but there is none, For salvation, but it is far from us.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

We all roar like bears and mourn sadly like doves; we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

All of us growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We hope for justice, but there is none, For salvation, but it is far from us.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

We all growl like bears, like doves we moan without ceasing. We look for right, but it is not there; for salvation, and it is far from us.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

We all growl like bears, we coo mournfully like doves; we wait for deliverance, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far from us.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

All of us growl like hungry bears. We cry like sad doves. We want the Lord to do what is fair and save us. But he doesn't do it. We long for him to set us free. But the time for that seems far away.

English NIV

We all growl like bears; we moan mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance, but it is far away.

English NKJ 1982

We all growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We look for justice, but there is none; For salvation, but it is far from us.

English NLT

We growl like hungry bears; we moan like mournful doves. We look for justice, but it is nowhere to be found. We look to be rescued, but it is far away from us.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

We all growl like bears; like doves we moan mournfully. We wait for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

We are frustrated, growling like bears, like doves cooing mournfully. We wait and wait for justice, but it never seems to come; for salvation, but it remains distant.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

We all growl like bears, we moan and moan like doves; we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

You roar like hungry bears; you moan with mournful cries like doves. You look for God to keep you, but he doesn't. He has turned away.

English Tyndale 1537

We roar all like Bears, and mourn still like doves. We look for equity, but there is none: for health, but it is far from us.