New American Standard Bible 2020
Isaiah 59:6
6Their webs will not become clothing, Nor will they 1cover themselves with their works; Their 2works are works of wrongdoing, And an 3act of violence is in their 4hands.
Isaiah 59:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
- New International Version (NIV)Their cobwebs are useless for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are evil deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Their webs will not serve as clothing; men will not cover themselves with what they make. Their works are works of iniquity, and deeds of violence are in their hands.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Their webs will not become garments, Nor will they cover themselves with their works; Their works are works of iniquity, And the act of violence is in their hands.
Context of Isaiah 59:6
4No one sues righteously and no one pleads honestly. They trust in confusion and speak lies; They conceive trouble and give birth to disaster. 5They hatch vipers’ eggs and weave the spider’s web; The one who eats of their eggs dies, And from what is crushed, a snake breaks out. Their webs will not become clothing, Nor will they cover themselves with their works; Their works are works of wrongdoing, And an act of violence is in their hands. 7Their feet run to evil, And they hurry to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of wrongdoing, Devastation and destruction are in their paths. 8They do not know the way of peace, And there is no justice in their tracks; They have made their paths crooked, Whoever walks on them does not know peace.
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קֽוּרֵיהֶם֙ לֹא־יִהְי֣וּ לְבֶ֔גֶד וְלֹ֥א יִתְכַּסּ֖וּ בְּמַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם מַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶם֙ מַֽעֲשֵׂי־אָ֔וֶן וּפֹ֥עַל חָמָ֖ס בְּכַפֵּיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
- Their websקוּרqûr · webH6980
- will not becomeהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
- clothingבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
- Norלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
- coverכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
- themselves with their worksמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
- of wrongdoingאָ֫וֶן'âven · evil: wickednessH205
- actפֹּ֫עַלpô‛al · workH6467
- of violenceחָמָסchâmâs · violenceH2555
- handsכַּףkaph · palmH3709
Cross-references for Isaiah 59:6
- Isaiah 28:18Your covenant with death will be canceled, And your pact with Sheol will not stand; When the gushing flood passes through, Then you will become its trampling ground.
- Isaiah 30:12Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Since you have rejected this word And have put your trust in oppression and crookedness, and have relied on them,
- Job 8:14His confidence is fragile, And his trust is a spider’s web.
- Isaiah 30:1“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the Lord, “Who execute a plan, but not Mine, And make an alliance, but not of My Spirit, In order to add sin to sin;
- Isaiah 57:12I will declare your righteousness and your deeds, And they will not benefit you.
- Isaiah 64:6For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our wrongdoings, like the wind, take us away.
- Romans 3:20because by the works of the Law none of mankind will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes knowledge of sin.
- Romans 4:6just as David also speaks of the blessing of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
- Revelation 3:17Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have no need of anything,” and you do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked,
- Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of the Lord of armies is the house of Israel, And the people of Judah are His delightful plant. So He waited for justice, but behold, there was bloodshed; For righteousness, but behold, a cry for help.
- Genesis 6:11Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.
- Psalms 58:2No, in heart you practice injustice; On earth you clear a way for the violence of your hands.
- Jeremiah 6:7As a well keeps its waters fresh, So she keeps fresh her wickedness. Violence and destruction are heard in her; Sickness and wounds are constantly before Me.
- Ezekiel 7:11Violence has grown into a rod of wickedness. None of them shall remain, none of their people, none of their wealth, nor anything eminent among them.
- Amos 3:10But they do not know how to do what is right,” declares the Lord, “these who store up violence and devastation in their citadels.”
- Amos 6:3Are you postponing the day of disaster, And would you bring near the seat of violence?
Commentaries on Isaiah 59:6
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Their webs shall not become garments - The spider‘s web is unfit for clothing; and the idea here is, that their works are as unfit to secure salvation as the attenuated web of a spider is for raiment. The sense is, says Vitringa, that their artificial sophisms avail nothing in producing true wisdom, piety, virtue, and religion, or the true righteousness and salvation of people, but are airy speculations. The works of the self-righteous and the wicked…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6The images of deadly snakes and spiders’ webs represent plans designed to destroy others’ lives and relationships.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. not ... garments--like the "fig leaves" wherewith Adam and Eve vainly tried to cover their shame, as contrasted with "the coats of skins" which the Lord God made to clothe them with (Is 64:6; Ro 13:14; Ga 3:27; Php 3:9). The artificial self-deceiving sophisms of human philosophy (1Ti 6:5; 2Ti 2:16, 23).Read the comment
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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
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