Isaiah 48:22

New Living Translation

"But there is no peace for the wicked," says the Lord .

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“There is no peace for the wicked,” says the Lord.

Hebrew Names Version
There is no shalom, says the LORD, to the wicked.

King James Version
There is no peace, saith the Lord , unto the wicked.

English Standard Version
"There is no peace," says the Lord , "for the wicked."

New American Standard Bible
"There is no peace for the wicked," says the LORD.

New Century Version
"There is no peace for evil people," says the Lord .

Amplified Bible
"There is no peace for the wicked," says the LORD.

World English Bible
There is no peace, says Yahweh, to the wicked.

Geneva Bible (1587)
There is no peace, sayeth the Lorde, vnto the wicked.

Legacy Standard Bible
"There is no peace for the wicked," says Yahweh.

Berean Standard Bible
"There is no peace," says the LORD, "for the wicked."

Contemporary English Version
But the Lord has promised that none who are evil will live in peace."

Complete Jewish Bible
But there is no peace, says Adonai , for the wicked.

Darby Translation
There is no peace, saith Jehovah, unto the wicked.

Easy-to-Read Version
But the Lord also said, "There is no peace for evil people."

George Lamsa Translation
There is no peace to the wicked, says the LORD.

Good News Translation
"There is no safety for sinners," says the Lord .

Lexham English Bible
"There is no peace," says Yahweh, "for the wicked."

Literal Translation
There is no peace, says Jehovah, to the wicked.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for the vngodly, they haue no peace, saieth the LORDE.

American Standard Version
There is no peace, saith Jehovah, to the wicked.

Bible in Basic English
There is no peace, says the Lord, for the evil-doers.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
There is no peace, saith the LORD concerning the wicked.

King James Version (1611)
There is no peace, saith the Lord, vnto the wicked.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
As for the vngodly, they haue no peace, saith the Lorde.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
There is no joy, saith the Lord, to the ungodly.

English Revised Version
There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Pees is not to wickid men, seith the Lord.

Update Bible Version
There is no peace, says Yahweh, to the wicked.

Webster's Bible Translation
[There is] no peace, saith the LORD, to the wicked.

New English Translation
There will be no prosperity for the wicked," says the Lord .

New King James Version
"There is no peace," says the LORD, "for the wicked."

New Life Bible
"There is no peace for the sinful," says the Lord.

New Revised Standard
"There is no peace," says the Lord , "for the wicked."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
No well-being, saith Yahweh to the lawless,

Douay-Rheims Bible
There is no peace to the wicked, saith the Lord.

Revised Standard Version
"There is no peace," says the LORD, "for the wicked."

Young's Literal Translation
There is no peace, said Jehovah, to the wicked!

THE MESSAGE
"There is no peace," says God , "for the wicked."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"There is no peace for the wicked," says the LORD.

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ Come closer, and listen to this. From the beginning I have told you plainly what would happen." And now the Sovereign Lord and his Spirit have sent me with this message. ¹⁷ This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is good for you and leads you along the paths you should follow. ¹⁸ Oh, that you had listened to my commands! Then you would have had peace flowing like a gentle river and righteousness rolling over you like waves in the sea. ¹⁹ Your descendants would have been like the sands along the seashore— too many to count! There would have been no need for your destruction, or for cutting off your family name." ²⁰ Yet even now, be free from your captivity! Leave Babylon and the Babylonians. Sing out this message! Shout it to the ends of the earth! The Lord has redeemed his servants, the people of Israel. ²¹ They were not thirsty when he led them through the desert. He divided the rock, and water gushed out for them to drink. ²² "But there is no peace for the wicked," says the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Isaiah 57:21, Job 15:20-24, Luke 19:42, Romans 3:17

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 17:3 - shall be 1 Kings 2:6 - in 2 Kings 9:18 - What hast thou to do Psalms 50:16 - wicked Isaiah 3:11 - Woe Isaiah 43:19 - rivers Isaiah 59:8 - whosoever Ezekiel 13:16 - and there Luke 1:79 - to guide Luke 11:24 - seeking Romans 2:10 - and peace Philippians 4:7 - the peace

Cross-References

Genesis 15:16
After four generations your descendants will return here to this land, for the sins of the Amorites do not yet warrant their destruction."

Genesis 33:19
Jacob bought the plot of land where he camped from the family of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for 100 pieces of silver.

Genesis 34:28
They seized all the flocks and herds and donkeys—everything they could lay their hands on, both inside the town and outside in the fields.

Genesis 48:14
But Jacob crossed his arms as he reached out to lay his hands on the boys' heads. He put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, though he was the younger boy, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, though he was the firstborn.

Genesis 48:18
"No, my father," he said. "This one is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head."

Deuteronomy 21:17
He must recognize the rights of his oldest son, the son of the wife he does not love, by giving him a double portion. He is the first son of his father's virility, and the rights of the firstborn belong to him.

Joshua 24:32
The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought along with them when they left Egypt, were buried at Shechem, in the plot of land Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor for 100 pieces of silver. This land was located in the territory allotted to the descendants of Joseph.

Judges 11:23
"So you see, it was the Lord , the God of Israel, who took away the land from the Amorites and gave it to Israel. Why, then, should we give it back to you?

1 Chronicles 5:2
The descendants of Judah became the most powerful tribe and provided a ruler for the nation, but the birthright belonged to Joseph.

Ezekiel 47:13
This is what the Sovereign Lord says: "Divide the land in this way for the twelve tribes of Israel: The descendants of Joseph will be given two shares of land.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked,.... To Nebuchadnezzar and his seed, says Jarchi; to the Babylonians, say Aben Ezra and Kimchi; who enjoyed no more peace and prosperity, being conquered by Cyrus, and their monarchy dissolved, and put an end to: but rather this is to be understood of the wicked among the Jews; which sense Aben Ezra mentions, though he prefers the former; and either those are meant, who refused to go out of Babylon, and the land of Chaldea, when they might, but continued among an idolatrous people, and therefore are threatened with want of peace and prosperity; or rather the Jews in the times of Christ and his apostles, who disbelieved the Messiah, despised his Gospel, and rejected his ordinances; the consequence of which was, they had no peace, no outward prosperity, but all the reverse; their nation, city, and temple, were destroyed, and they carried captive, and scattered up and down in the world; nor any inward spiritual peace, nor eternal happiness; for blaspheming and contradicting the word of the Gospel, and putting it away from them, they judged themselves unworthy of everlasting life; and the apostles were bid to turn from them to the Gentiles, and preach the Gospel to them; hence the next chapter begins,

listen, O isles, unto me, c. see Luke 19:4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked - This verse contains a sentiment whose truth no one can doubt. To the transgressor of the laws of God there can be no permanent peace, enjoyment, or prosperity. The word peace is used in the Scriptures in all these senses (see the note at Isaiah 48:18). There may be the appearance of joy, and there may be temporary prosperity. But there is no abiding, substantial, permanent happiness, such as is enjoyed by those who fear and love God. This sentiment occurs not unfrequently in Isaiah. It is repeated in Isaiah 57:21; and in Isaiah 57:20, he says that ‘the wicked are like the troubled sea when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.’ Of the truth of the declaration here there can be no doubt; but it is not perfectly apparent why it is introduced here. It is probably a part of the song with which they would celebrate their return; and it may have been used for one of the following reasons:

1. As a general maxim, expressed in view of the joy which they had in their return to their own land. They had elevated peace and triumph and joy. This was produced by the fact that they had evidence that they were the objects of the divine favor and protection. How natural was it in view of these blessings to say, that the wicked had no such comfort, and in general, that there was no peace to them of any kind, or from any quarter. Or,

2. It may have been uttered in view of the fact that many of their countrymen may have chosen to remain in Babylon when they returned to their own land. They probably formed connections there, amassed wealth, and refused to attend those who returned to Judea to rebuild the temple. And the meaning may be, that they, amidst all the wealth which they might have gained, and amidst the idolatries which prevailed in Babylon, could never enjoy the peace which they now had in their return to the land of their fathers.

Whatever was the reason why it was used here, it contains a most important truth which demands the attention of all people. The wicked, as a matter of sober truth and verity, have no permanent and substantial peace and joy. They have none:

1. In the act of wickedness. Sin may be attended with the gratifications of bad passions, but in the act of sinning, as such, there can be no substantial happiness.

2. They have no solid, substantial, elevated peace in the business or the pleasures of life. This world can furnish no such joys as are derived from the hope of a life to come. Pleasures ‘pall upon the sense,’ riches take wings; disappointment comes; and the highest earthly and sensual pleasure leaves a sad sense of want - a feeling that there is something in the capacities and needs of the undying mind which has not been filled.

3. They have no peace of conscience; no deep and abiding conviction that they are right. They are often troubled; and there is nothing which this world can furnish which will give peace to a bosom that is agitated with a sense of the guilt of sin.

4. They have no peace on a deathbed. There may be stupidity, callousness, insensibility, freedom from much pain or alarm. But that is not peace, anymore than sterility is fruitfulness; or than death is life; or than the frost of winter is the verdure of spring; or than a desert is a fruitful field.

5. There is often in these circumstances the reverse of peace. There is not only no positive peace, but there is the opposite. There is often disappointment, care, anxiety, distress, deep alarm, and the awful apprehension of eternal wrath. There is no situation in life or death, where the sinner can certainly calculate on peace, or where he will be sure to find it. There is every probability that his mind will be often filled with alarm, and that his deathbed will be one of despair.

6. There is no peace to the wicked beyond the grave. “A sinner can have no peace at the judgment bar of God; he can have no peace in hell.” In all the future world there is no place where he can find repose; and whatever this life may be, even if it be a life of prosperity and external comfort, yet to him there will be no prosperity in the future world, and no external or internal peace there.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 48:22. There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked. — See below, Clarke's note on "Isaiah 57:21". As the destruction of Babylon was determined, God commands his people to hasten out of it; for, saith the Lord, there is no peace (prosperity) to the wicked; ουκ εστι χαιρειν τοις ασεβεσιν, λεγει Κυριος. - Sept. "There is no rejoicing or prosperity to the wicked saith the Lord." Their is not pese to unrytous men seith the Lord.-Old MS. Bible.