Isaiah 59:14 — Compare All Translations

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

And removed backward is judgment, And righteousness afar off standeth, For truth hath been feeble in the street, And straightforwardness is not able to enter,

English ASV

And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

English Amplified

Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) stands far off; for truth has fallen in the street (the city's forum), and uprightness cannot enter [the courts of justice].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) stands far off; for truth has fallen in the street (the city's forum), and uprightness cannot enter [the courts of justice].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far off. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And judgment is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth stumbleth in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

English EASY 2024

Judges do not decide in a fair way. Nobody tries to do what is right. There is no place for truth on the streets of our towns. Honest people have to leave.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

We pushed Justice away. Fairness stands off in the distance. Truth has fallen in the streets. Goodness is not allowed in the city.

Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth has stumbled in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Justice is driven away, and right cannot come near. Truth stumbles in the public square, and honesty finds no place there.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away. Truth has fallen in the street, and honesty can't come in.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far off. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

English KJV 1611

And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

English LSB

Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands far away; For truth has stumbled in the street, And rightness cannot enter.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Justice is turned backward, and righteousness stands far off; for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands far away; For truth has stumbled in the street, And uprightness cannot enter.

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

Right is repelled, and justice stands far off; For truth stumbles in the public square, uprightness cannot enter.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

So people stop others from doing what is fair. They keep them from doing what is right. No one tells the truth in court anymore. No one is honest there.

English NIV

So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter.

English NKJ 1982

Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands afar off; For truth is fallen in the street, And equity cannot enter.

English NLT

Our courts oppose people who are righteous, and justice is nowhere to be found. Truth falls dead in the streets, and fairness has been outlawed.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands at a distance; for truth stumbles in the public square, and uprightness cannot enter.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Justice is driven away and righteousness stands on the sidelines, for truth has stumbled in the public square and morality cannot enter.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth has fallen in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Our courts oppose the righteous man; fairness is unknown. Truth falls dead in the streets, and justice is outlawed.

English Tyndale 1537

And therefore is equity gone aside, and righteousness standeth far off: truth is fallen down in the street, and the thing that is plain and open, may not be shewed.

Isaiah 59:14 — Compare Translations