Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear. New Living Translation It’s your sins that have cut you off from God. Because of your sins, he has turned away and will not listen anymore. English Standard Version but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear. Berean Standard Bible But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear. King James Bible But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. New King James Version But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear. New American Standard Bible But your wrongdoings have caused a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear. NASB 1995 But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear. NASB 1977 But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear. Legacy Standard Bible But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear. Amplified Bible But your wickedness has separated you from your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear. Christian Standard Bible But your iniquities are separating you from your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not listen. Holman Christian Standard Bible But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have made Him hide His face from you so that He does not listen. American Standard Version but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, so that he will not hear. Contemporary English Version Your sins are the roadblock between you and your God. That's why he doesn't answer your prayers or let you see his face. English Revised Version but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. GOD'S WORD® Translation But your wrongs have separated you from your God, and your sins have made him hide his face so that he doesn't hear you. Good News Translation 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. International Standard Version Instead, your iniquities have been barriers between you and your God, and your sins have concealed his face from you so that he won't listen. Majority Standard Bible But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear. NET Bible But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God; your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers. New Heart English Bible but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear. Webster's Bible Translation But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. World English Bible But your iniquities have separated you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionBut your iniquities have been separating "" Between you and your God, "" And your sins have hidden "" The Presence from you—from hearing. Young's Literal Translation But your iniquities have been separating Between you and your God, And your sins have hidden The Presence from you -- from hearing. Smith's Literal Translation But your iniquities were separating between you and between your God, and your sins caused to hide the face from you from hearing. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut your iniquities have divided between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you that he should not hear. Catholic Public Domain Version But your iniquities have made a division between you and your God, and your sins have concealed his face from you, so that he would not hear. New American Bible Rather, it is your crimes that separate you from your God, It is your sins that make him hide his face so that he does not hear you. New Revised Standard Version Rather, your iniquities have been barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBut it is your iniquities that have separated you and your God; and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated But your debts have separated between you and your God, and your sins turned his face from you that he will not hear OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917But your iniquities have separated Between you and your God, And your sins have hid His face from you, That He will not hear. Brenton Septuagint Translation Nay, your iniquities separate between you and God, and because of your sins has he turned away his face from you, so as not to have mercy upon you. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Sin Separates Us from God1Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear. 2But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear. 3For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.… Cross References Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Psalm 66:18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. 1 John 1:8-10 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. / If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. / If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us. Isaiah 1:15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. Proverbs 15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous. Micah 3:4 Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done. James 4:3 And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures. Isaiah 1:4 Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him. Jeremiah 5:25 Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty. Ezekiel 39:23-24 And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword. / I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and transgressions, and I hid My face from them. Isaiah 64:7 No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity. John 9:31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will. Isaiah 50:1-2 This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away. / Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst. Lamentations 3:44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through. Treasury of Scripture But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. your iniquities Isaiah 50:1 Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away. Deuteronomy 32:19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. Joshua 7:11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. hid, or made him hide Isaiah 57:17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. Deuteronomy 31:17,18 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us? … Deuteronomy 32:20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith. Jump to Previous Doings Evil Face Hear Hearing Hid Hidden Iniquities Presence Separated Separating Separation Sins VeiledJump to Next Doings Evil Face Hear Hearing Hid Hidden Iniquities Presence Separated Separating Separation Sins VeiledIsaiah 59 1. Calamities are not due to lack of saving power in God, but to their own sins16. Salvation is only of God 20. The covenant of the Redeemer But your iniquities The Hebrew word for "iniquities" is "עֲוֹנוֹתֵיכֶם" (avonotekhem), which refers to moral perversity or guilt. In the context of Isaiah, this term underscores the deep-seated nature of sin that goes beyond mere actions to the very heart and intent of individuals. Historically, Israel's repeated disobedience and idolatry are examples of such iniquities. This phrase serves as a reminder that sin is not just an external act but a condition of the heart that separates humanity from God. have built barriers between you and your God and your sins have hidden His face from you so that He will not hear His face.--Better, the face. The Hebrew has neither article nor possessive pronoun, the substantive being treated almost as a proper name. Verse 2. - Have separated; literally, have been separating. The force of the form used is continuous, and implies that Israel had now for a long time been heaping up a barrier between itself and Jehovah. Your sins have hid his face; literally, your sins have caused his face to be hidden from you, i.e. "have made him avert it."Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Butכִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction your iniquities עֲוֺנֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ (‘ă·wō·nō·ṯê·ḵem) Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity have built barriers מַבְדִּלִ֔ים (maḇ·di·lîm) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 914: To be divided, separate between you בֵּינֵכֶ֕ם (bê·nê·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's 996: An interval, space between and your God, אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֑ם (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative and your sins וְחַטֹּֽאותֵיכֶ֗ם (wə·ḥaṭ·ṭō·w·ṯê·ḵem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender have hidden הִסְתִּ֧ירוּ (his·tî·rū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5641: To hide, conceal [His] face פָנִ֛ים (p̄ā·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 6440: The face from you, מִכֶּ֖ם (mik·kem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of so that He will not hear. מִשְּׁמֽוֹעַ׃ (miš·šə·mō·w·a‘) Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently Links Isaiah 59:2 NIVIsaiah 59:2 NLT Isaiah 59:2 ESV Isaiah 59:2 NASB Isaiah 59:2 KJV Isaiah 59:2 BibleApps.com Isaiah 59:2 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 59:2 Chinese Bible Isaiah 59:2 French Bible Isaiah 59:2 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have separated between you (Isa Isi Is) |
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