Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
As a nation that has done
And
They ask Me for just decisions,
They delight
King James Version
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
Holman Bible
and delight to know My ways,
like a nation that does what is right
and does not abandon the justice of their God.
They ask Me for righteous judgments;
they delight in the nearness of God.”
International Standard Version
They seek me day after day, and are eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practices righteousness and has not forsaken the justice of their God. "They ask me to reveal just decisions; they are eager to draw near to God.
A Conservative Version
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways. As a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
American Standard Version
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near unto God.
Amplified
“Yet they seek Me day by day and delight [superficially] to know My ways,
As [if they were in reality] a nation that has done righteousness
And has not abandoned (turned away from) the ordinance of their God.
They ask of Me righteous judgments,
They delight in the nearness of God.
Bible in Basic English
Though they make prayer to me every day, and take pleasure in the knowledge of my ways: like a nation which has done righteousness, and has not given up the rules of their God, they make requests to me for the right orders, it is their delight to come near to God.
Darby Translation
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that doeth righteousness, and hath not forsaken the ordinance of their God; they ask of me the ordinances of righteousness, they take delight in approaching to God:
Julia Smith Translation
And day, day, they will seek me, and delight to know my way as a nation who did justice and forsook not the judgment of his God: they will ask me the judgments of justice, they will delight to draw near to Gad.
King James 2000
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Yet they seek me day [by] day, and they desire the knowledge of my ways like a nation that {practiced} righteousness, and had not forsaken the judgment of its God; they ask me for {righteous judgments}, they desire the closeness of God.
Modern King James verseion
Yet they seek Me daily, and delight to know My ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and one who did not forget the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in drawing near to God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For me they seek day by day; and will know my ways, as a people that doth righteousness, and hath not forsaken the equity of their God.
NET Bible
They seek me day after day; they want to know my requirements, like a nation that does what is right and does not reject the law of their God. They ask me for just decrees; they want to be near God.
New Heart English Bible
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and did not forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
The Emphasized Bible
Yet, me - day by day, do they seek, And in the knowledge of my ways, they delight, - Like a nation that had done righteousness, And the justice of their God, had not forsaken They ask of me the just regulations, In approaching God, they delight.
Webster
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
World English Bible
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and didn't forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
Youngs Literal Translation
Seeing -- Me day by day they seek, And the knowledge of My ways they desire, As a nation that righteousness hath done, And the judgment of its God hath not forsaken, They ask of me judgments of righteousness, The drawing near of God they desire:
Themes
Affections » Of the wicked, not sincerely set on God
Delighting in God » Hypocrites » Pretend to
Hypocrites » Described as » Apparently zealous in the things of God
Religion » Formalism » Warnings against
Religion » Sanctimony, distinguishing marks of » An outward show of righteousness
Sanctimony » An outward show of righteousness
Seeking God » The wicked » Sometimes pretend to
FALSE » Sanctimony, distinguishing marks of » An outward show of righteousness
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 58:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
True Fasts And Sabbaths
1
Raise your voice like a trumpet,
And declare to My people their
And to the house of Jacob their sins.
As a nation that has done
And
They ask Me for just decisions,
They delight
Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not
Behold, on the
And drive hard all your workers.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 29:13
Then the Lord said,
“Because
And honor Me with their
But they remove their hearts far from Me,
And their
Titus 1:16
Deuteronomy 5:28-29
“The Lord heard the voice of your words when you spoke to me,
1 Samuel 15:21-25
But
Proverbs 15:8
But
Isaiah 1:11-15
Says the Lord.
“I
And the fat of fed cattle;
And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats.
Isaiah 48:1-2
And who came forth from the
Who
And invoke the God of Israel,
But not in truth nor in
Jeremiah 42:2
and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let our
Jeremiah 42:20
For you have only
Ezekiel 33:30-33
“But as for you, son of man,
Matthew 15:7-9
Mark 4:16-17
Mark 6:20
for
Mark 12:14
They *came and *said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and
John 5:35
Hebrews 6:4-6
For in the case of those who have once been
James 1:21-22
Therefore,
James 4:8
1 Peter 2:1-2
Therefore,