King James Version
Isaiah 59:14 in the King James Version says “And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity canno...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 59 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.”
Isaiah 59:14 · KJV
For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;
In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. maketh: or, is accounted mad it displeased: Heb. it was evil in his eyes
And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
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“backward”
H268the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the west
“And judgment”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“and justice”
H6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
“afar off”
H7350remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
“standeth”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“is fallen”
H3782to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
“and equity”
H5229properly, straightforwardness, i.e., (figuratively) integrity, or (concretely) a truth
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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