Isaiah 59:11

Isaiah 59:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)We growl like hungry bears; we moan like mournful doves. We look for justice, but it never comes. We look for rescue, but it is far away from us.

Context of Isaiah 59:11

9Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us; we hope for light, and behold, darkness, and for brightness, but we walk in gloom. 10We grope for the wall like the blind; we grope like those who have no eyes; we stumble at noon as in the twilight, among those in full vigor we are like dead men. 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. 12For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities: 13transgressing, and denying the Lord, and turning back from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.

Isaiah 59:11 word by word

נֶהֱמֶ֤ה כַדֻּבִּים֙ כֻּלָּ֔נוּ וְכַיּוֹנִ֖ים הָגֹ֣ה נֶהְגֶּ֑ה נְקַוֶּ֤ה לַמִּשְׁפָּט֙ וָאַ֔יִן לִֽישׁוּעָ֖ה רָחֲקָ֥ה מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• We roarהָמָהhâmâh · to roarH1993
• all like bearsדֹּבdôb dôb · bearH1677
• and mournהָגָהhâgâh · to mutterH1897
• like dovesיוֹנָהyônâh · doveH3123
• we lookקָוָהqâvâh · to awaitH6960
• for judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941
• none; for salvationיְשׁוּעָהyeshû‛âh · salvationH3444
• it is far offרָחַקrâchaq · to removeH7368

Cross-references for Isaiah 59:11

• Isaiah 51:20Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street like an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of the Lord, the rebuke of your God.
• Psalms 32:3For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
• Psalms 38:8I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
• Hosea 7:14They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; for grain and wine they gash themselves; they rebel against me.
• Isaiah 38:14Like a swallow or a crane I chirp; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety!
• Job 30:28I go about darkened, but not by the sun; I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
• Jeremiah 8:15We looked for peace, but no good came; for a time of healing, but behold, terror.
• Jeremiah 9:1Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
• Ezekiel 7:16And if any survivors escape, they will be on the mountains, like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each one over his iniquity.
• Psalms 85:9Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.
• Psalms 119:155Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.

Commentaries on Isaiah 59:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11But it is far off from us "And it is far distant from us" - The conjunction ו vau must necessarily be prefixed to the verb, as the Syriac, Chaldee, and Vulgate found it in their copies; ורחקה verachakah, "and far off."Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11We roar all like bears - This is designed still further to describe the heavy judgments which had come upon them for their sins. The word rendered here roar‘ (from המה hâmâh like English, to hum, German, hummen, spoken of bees), is applied to any murmuring, or confused noise or sound. It sometimes means to snarl, as a dog Psalm 59:7, Psalm 59:15; to coo, as a dove Ezekiel 7:16; it is also applied to waves that roar Psalm 46:4; Isaiah 51:15; to a crowd…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 If we shut our eyes against the light of Divine truth, it is just with God to hide from our eyes the things that belong to our peace. The sins of those who profess themselves God's people, are worse than the sins of others. And the sins of a nation bring public judgments, when not restrained by public justice. Men may murmur under calamities, but nothing will truly profit while they reject Christ and his gospel.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-14The people growl and moan with longing for redemption, finally coming to terms with their sinfulness.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. roar--moan plaintively, like a hungry bear which growls for food. doves--(Is 38:14; Eze 7:16). salvation--retribution in kind: because not salvation, but "destruction" was "in their paths" (Is 59:7).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 59:11

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Commentaries on Isaiah 59

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings