Isaiah 59:4
None speaks justly, neither is there true judgment: they trust in vanities, and speak empty words; for they conceive trouble, and bring forth iniquity.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
Cross References
Job 15:35And he shall conceive sorrows, 1 And his end shall be vanity, 1 And his belly shall bear deceit.
Psalms 7:15Behold, he has travailed with unrighteousness, 1 He has conceived trouble, and brought forth iniquity. 1
Psalms 62:4For thy mercy is better than life: 1 My lips shall praise thee. 1
Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep, unless they have done evil: 1 Their sleep is taken away, and they rest not. 1
Isaiah 33:11Now shall ye see, now shall ye perceive; the strength of your breath shall be vain; fire shall devour you.
Isaiah 59:13We have sinned, and dealt falsely, and revolted from our God: we have spoken unrighteous words, and have been disobedient; we have conceived and uttered from our heart unrighteous words.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 59:2-9
The Prevalence and Effects of Sin. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Behold, the Lord 's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. 4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak… Read the whole commentary →