Isaiah 59:14
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...
הָפַךְ
hâphak
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
אָחוֹר
ʼâchôwr
the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West
צְדָקָה
tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
מֶרְחָק
merchâq
remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar
אֶמֶת
ʼemeth
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
רְחֹב
rᵉchôb
a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
אָחוֹר ʼâchôwr
the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West
Study H268 →צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
Study H6666 →עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →מֶרְחָק merchâq
remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar
Study H4801 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →Cross References
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, bu...
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
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