Isaiah 59:14
King James Version (KJV)
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
World English Bible (WEB)
Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness can't enter.
Isaiah 59:14 Cross References
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
