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Good News Translation

Isaiah 59:6

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Malice;   Sin;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Corruption;   Nation, the;   Violence;   World, the;   The Topic Concordance - Iniquity;   Peace;   Violence;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Hands, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jonah, Theology of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Isaiah, Book of;   Micah, Book of;   Righteousness;   Serpent;   Servant of the Lord;   Spider;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Weaver, Weaving;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Arment;   Web;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Spider;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ethics;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Their webs cannot become clothing,and they cannot cover themselves with their works.Their works are sinful works,and violent acts are in their hands.
Hebrew Names Version
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.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
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 American Standard Bible
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.
New Century Version
The webs they make cannot be used for clothes; you can't cover yourself with those webs. The things they do are evil, and they use their hands to hurt others.
Amplified Bible
Their webs will not serve as clothing, Nor will they cover themselves with what they make; Their works are works of wickedness [of sin, of injustice, of wrongdoing], And the act of violence is in their hands.
World English Bible
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Their webbes shall be no garment, neither shall they couer themselues with their labours: for their workes are workes of iniquitie, & the worke of crueltie is in their handes.
Legacy Standard Bible
Their webs will not become a garment,Nor will they cover themselves with their works;Their works are works of wickedness,And a deed of violence is in their hands.
Berean Standard Bible
Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
Contemporary English Version
but you can't make clothes with those webs or hide behind them. You're sinful and brutal.
Complete Jewish Bible
Their webs are useless as clothing, their deeds are useless for wearing; their deeds are deeds of wickedness, their hands produce violence.
Darby Translation
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
They cannot be used for clothes, and you cannot cover yourself with them. Your hands are always busy sinning and hurting others.
George Lamsa Translation
Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and acts of violence are in their hands.
Lexham English Bible
Their webs cannot become clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their works are works of iniquity, and deeds of violence are in their hands.
Literal Translation
Their webs shall not become clothing, nor shall they cover themselves with their works. Their works are works of evil, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Their webbe maketh no clothe, & they maye not couer the wt their labours. Their dedes are ye dedes of wickednes, & ye worke of robbery is in their hodes.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
Their twisted threads will not make clothing, and their works will give them nothing for covering themselves: their works are works of sin, and violent acts are in their hands.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall men cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
King James Version (1611)
Their webbes shall not become garments, neither shall they couer themselues with their workes: their workes are workes of iniquitie, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Their webbe maketh no cloth, and they may not couer them with their labours: their deedes are the deedes of wickednesse, and the worke of robberie is in their handes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Their web shall not become a garment, nor shall they at all clothe themselves with their works; for their works are works of iniquity.
English Revised Version
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The webbis of hem schulen not be in to cloth, nethir thei schulen be hilid with her werkis; the werkis of hem ben vnprofitable werkis, and the werk of wickidnesse is in the hondis of hem.
Update Bible Version
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.
Webster's Bible Translation
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 English Translation
Their webs cannot be used for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are sinful; they commit violent crimes.
New King James Version
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.
New Living Translation
Their webs can't be made into clothing, and nothing they do is productive. All their activity is filled with sin, and violence is their trademark.
New Life Bible
Clothing cannot be made from the work of the spider, so they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their works are works of sin. They hurt others with their hands.
New Revised Standard
Their webs cannot serve as clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their works are works of iniquity, and deeds of violence are in their hands.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Their thread, shall not become a garment, Neither shall they cover themselves with their fabrics, - Their fabrics, are fabrics of iniquity, Yea the product of violence is in their hands;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Their webs shall not be for clothing, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are unprofitable works, and the work of iniquity is in their hands.
Revised Standard Version
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.
Young's Literal Translation
Their webs become not a garment, Nor do they cover themselves with their works, Their works [are] works of iniquity, And a deed of violence [is] in their hands.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Their webs will not become clothing, Nor will they cover themselves with their works; Their works are works of iniquity, And an act of violence is in their hands.

Contextual Overview

1 Don't think that the Lord is too weak to save you or too deaf to hear your call for help! 2 It is because of your sins that he doesn't hear you. It is your sins that separate you from God when you try to worship him. 3 You are guilty of lying, violence, and murder. 4 You go to court, but you do not have justice on your side. You depend on lies to win your case. You carry out your plans to hurt others. 5The evil plots you make are as deadly as the eggs of a poisonous snake. Crush an egg, out comes a snake! But your plots will do you no good—they are as useless as clothing made of cobwebs! 7 You are always planning something evil, and you can hardly wait to do it. You never hesitate to murder innocent people. You leave ruin and destruction wherever you go, 8 and no one is safe when you are around. Everything you do is unjust. You follow a crooked path, and no one who walks that path will ever be safe.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

webs: Isaiah 28:18-20, Isaiah 30:12-14, Job 8:14, Job 8:15

neither: Isaiah 30:1, Isaiah 57:12, Isaiah 64:6, Romans 3:20-22, Romans 4:6-8, Revelation 3:17, Revelation 3:18

their works: Isaiah 5:7, Genesis 6:11, Psalms 58:2, Jeremiah 6:7, Ezekiel 7:11, Ezekiel 7:23, Amos 3:10, Amos 6:3, Micah 2:1-3, Micah 2:8, Micah 3:1-11, Micah 6:12, Habakkuk 1:2-4, Zephaniah 1:9, Zephaniah 3:3, Zephaniah 3:4

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:7 - and they Leviticus 6:4 - which he Leviticus 13:47 - The garment Job 9:31 - mine Psalms 55:10 - mischief Isaiah 28:20 - the bed Ezekiel 18:7 - hath spoiled Hosea 6:8 - polluted with blood Jonah 3:8 - the violence Malachi 2:16 - covereth Revelation 3:4 - which

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works,.... As spiders' webs are not fit to make garments of, are too thin to cover naked bodies, or shelter from bad weather, or injuries from different causes; so neither the false doctrines of men will be of any use to themselves, or to others that receive them; particularly the doctrine of justification by works: these are not proper garments to cover the nakedness of a sinner from the sight of God, or screen him from avenging justice; but his hope which is placed on them will be cut off, and his trust in them will be a spider's web, of no avail to him, Job 8:14:

their works are works of iniquity: both of preacher and hearer; even their best works are sinful; not only as being imperfect, and having a mixture of sin in them, and so filthy rags, and insufficient to justify them before God; but because done from wrong principles, and with wrong views, and tending to set aside the justifying righteousness of Christ, and God's way of justifying sinners by it, which is abominable to him:

and the act of violence is in their hands; they persecuting such that preach and profess the contrary doctrine.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Their 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; their vain formality, their false opinions, their subtle reasonings, and their traditions, are like the web of the spider. They bide nothing, they answer none of the purposes of a garment of salvation. The doctrine is, that people must have some better righteousness than the thin and gossamer covering which their own empty forms and ceremonies produce (compare Isaiah 64:6).


 
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