Bible verse

Isaiah 57:20

But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.

Isaiah 57:20 · BSB

Isaiah 57:20 in context

The verses around it, from Isaiah 57.

16 For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.

17 I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.

18 I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,

19 bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”

20 But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.

21 “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

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Isaiah 57:20 in other translations

KJV

But the wicked [are] like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

ASV

But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

ERV

But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

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