Isaiah 57 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 The righteous perisheth, and no man considereth it in heart: and mercifull men are taken away, and no man vnderstandeth that the righteous is taken away from the euill to come.
1 PERECE el justo, y no hay quien pare mientes; y los píos son recogidos, y no hay quien entienda que delante de la aflicción es recogido el justo.
1 The righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, and no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the evil.
2 Peace shall come: they shall rest in their beds, euery one that walketh before him.
2 Entrará en la paz; descansarán en sus lechos [todos] los que andan delante de [Dios].
2 He enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.
3 But you witches children, come hither, the seede of the adulterer and of the whore.
3 Mas vosotros llegaos acá, hijos de la agorera, generación de adúltero y de fornicaria.
3 “But draw near here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes.
4 On whome haue ye iested? vpon whome haue ye gaped and thrust out your tongue? are not ye rebellious children, and a false seede?
4 ¿De quién os habéis mofado? ¿contra quién ensanchasteis la boca, y alargasteis la lengua? ¿No sois vosotros hijos rebeldes, simiente mentirosa,
4 Whom do you mock? Against whom do you make a wide mouth and stick out your tongue? Aren’t you children of disobedience and offspring of falsehood,
5 Inflamed with idoles vnder euery greene tree? and sacrificing the children in the valleys vnder the tops of the rocks?
5 Que os enfervorizáis con los ídolos debajo de todo árbol umbroso, que sacrificáis los hijos en los valles, debajo de los peñascos?
5 you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
6 Thy portion is in the smooth stones of the riuer: they, they are thy lot: euen to them hast thou powred a drinke offering: thou hast offered a sacrifice. Should I delite in these?
6 En las pulimentadas [piedras] del valle está tu parte; ellas, ellas son tu suerte; y á ellas derramaste libación, y ofreciste presente. ¿No me tengo de vengar de estas cosas?
6 Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion. They, they are your lot. You have even poured a drink offering to them. You have offered an offering. Shall I be appeased for these things?
7 Thou hast made thy bed vpon a very hie mountaine: thou wentest vp thither, euen thither wentest thou to offer sacrifice.
7 Sobre el monte alto y empinado pusiste tu cama: allí también subiste á hacer sacrificio.
7 On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice.
8 Behinde the doores also and postes hast thou set vp thy remembrance: for thou hast discouered thy selfe to another then me, and wentest vp, and diddest enlarge thy bed, and make a couenant betweene thee and them, and louedst their bed in euery place where thou sawest it.
8 Y tras la puerta y el umbral pusiste tu recuerdo: porque á otro que á mí [te] descubriste, y subiste, y ensanchaste tu cama, é hiciste con ellos alianza: amaste su cama donde quiera que la veías.
8 You have set up your memorial behind the doors and the posts, for you have exposed yourself to someone besides me, and have gone up. You have enlarged your bed and made a covenant for yourself with them. You loved what you saw on their bed.
9 Thou wentest to the Kings with oyle, and diddest increase thine oyntments and sende thy messengers farre off, and diddest humble thy selfe vnto hell.
9 Y fuiste al rey con ungüento, y multiplicaste tus perfumes, y enviaste tus embajadores lejos, y te abatiste hasta el profundo.
9 You went to the king with oil, increased your perfumes, sent your ambassadors far off, and degraded yourself even to Sheol.
10 Thou weariedst thy selfe in thy manifolde iourneys, yet saydest thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found life by thine hand, therefore thou wast not grieued.
10 En la multitud de tus caminos te cansaste, mas no dijiste: No hay remedio; hallaste la vida de tu mano, por tanto no te arrepentiste.
10 You were wearied with the length of your ways; yet you didn’t say, ‘It is in vain.’ You found a reviving of your strength; therefore you weren’t faint.
11 And whome diddest thou reuerence or feare, seeing thou hast lyed vnto me, and hast not remembred me, neither set thy minde thereon? is it not because I holde my peace, and that of long time? therefore thou fearest not me.
11 ¿Y de quién te asustaste y temiste, que has faltado á la fe, y no te has acordado de mí, ni te vino al pensamiento? ¿No he yo disimulado desde tiempos antiguos, y nunca me has temido?
11 “Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven’t I held my peace for a long time, and you don’t fear me?
12 I will declare thy righteousnes and thy workes, and they shall not profite thee.
12 Yo publicaré tu justicia y tus obras, que no te aprovecharán.
12 I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they will not benefit you.
13 When thou cryest, let them that thou hast gathered together deliuer thee: but the winde shall take them all away: vanitie shall pull them away: but he that trusteth in me, shall inherite the lande, and shall possesse mine holy Mountaine.
13 Cuando clamares, líbrente tus allegados; empero á todos ellos llevará el viento, un soplo los arrebatará; mas el que en mí espera, tendrá la tierra por heredad, y poseerá el monte de mi santidad.
13 When you cry, let those whom you have gathered deliver you, but the wind will take them. A breath will carry them all away, but he who takes refuge in me will possess the land, and will inherit my holy mountain.”
14 And he shall say, Cast vp, cast vp: prepare the way: take vp the stumbling blocks out of the way of my people.
14 Y dirá: Allanad, allanad; barred el camino, quitad los tropiezos del camino de mi pueblo.
14 He will say, “Build up, build up, prepare the way! Remove the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.”
15 For thus sayth he that is hie and excellent, he that inhabiteth the eternitie, whose Name is the Holy one, I dwell in the high and holy place: with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirite to reuiue the spirite of the humble, and to giue life to them that are of a contrite heart.
15 Porque así dijo el Alto y Sublime, el que habita la eternidad, y cuyo nombre es el Santo: Yo habito en la altura y la santidad, y con el quebrantado y humilde de espíritu, para hacer vivir el espíritu de los humildes, y para vivificar el corazón de los quebrantados.
15 For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
16 For I will not contende for euer, neither will I be alwayes wroth, for the spirite should fayle before me: and I haue made the breath.
16 Porque no tengo de contender para siempre, ni para siempre me he de enojar: pues decaería ante mí el espíritu, y las almas que yo he criado.
16 For I will not contend forever, neither will I always be angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls whom I have made.
17 For his wicked couetousnesse I am angry with him, and haue smitten him: I hid mee and was angry, yet he went away, and turned after the way of his owne heart.
17 Por la iniquidad de su codicia me enojé y heríle, escondí [mi rostro] y ensañéme; y fué él rebelde por el camino de su corazón.
17 I was angry because of the iniquity of his covetousness and struck him. I hid myself and was angry; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
18 I haue seene his wayes, and wil heale him: I wil leade him also, and restore comfort vnto him, and to those that lament him.
18 Visto he sus caminos, y le sanaré, y le pastorearé, y daréle consolaciones, á él y á sus enlutados.
18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
19 I create the fruite of the lips, to be peace: peace vnto them that are farre off, and to them that are neere, sayth the Lord: for I will heale him.
19 Crío fruto de labios: Paz, paz al lejano y al cercano, dijo Jehová; y sanarélo.
19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,” says Yahweh; “and I will heal them.”
20 But the wicked are like the raging sea, that can not rest, whose waters cast vp myre and dirt.
20 Mas los impíos son como la mar en tempestad, que no puede estarse quieta, y sus aguas arrojan cieno y lodo.
20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud.
21 There is no peace, sayth my God, to the wicked.
21 No hay paz, dijo mi Dios, para los impíos.
21 “There is no peace”, says my God, “for the wicked.”
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Kings 22:20; 2 Chronicles 34:28; Psalm 12:1; Micah 7:2; Isaiah 42:25
- 2 Revelation 14:13; 2 Corinthians 5:1; Job 3:17; Luke 2:29; 2 Corinthians 5:8
- 3 Matthew 16:4; 1 John 3:10; James 4:4; Hosea 1:2; Revelation 17:1–5
- 4 2 Peter 2:13; Psalm 35:21; Exodus 9:17; Isaiah 1:4; Psalm 22:13
- 5 2 Kings 16:3–4; Isaiah 1:29; Ezekiel 16:20; Jeremiah 7:31; 2 Kings 23:10
- 6 Jeremiah 3:9; Jeremiah 7:18; Habakkuk 2:19; Jeremiah 19:13; Isaiah 66:3
- 7 Ezekiel 16:16; Ezekiel 23:41; Jeremiah 2:20; Ezekiel 16:25; Jeremiah 3:6
- 8 Ezekiel 23:41; Ezekiel 23:2–20; Ezekiel 8:8–12; Ezekiel 16:32; Ezekiel 16:25–28
- 9 Ezekiel 23:16; Isaiah 30:1–6; Ezekiel 23:40; Isaiah 31:1–3; Colossians 2:18
- 10 Jeremiah 2:25; Jeremiah 18:12; Jeremiah 5:3; Isaiah 47:13; 2 Chronicles 28:22–23
- 11 Isaiah 51:12–13; Proverbs 29:25; Psalm 50:21; Jeremiah 3:21; Jeremiah 9:3–5
- 12 Matthew 23:13; Romans 3:10–20; Micah 3:2–4; Isaiah 1:11–15; Jeremiah 7:4–11
- 13 Psalm 37:9; Psalm 37:3; Isaiah 65:25; Isaiah 56:7; Ezekiel 20:40
- 14 Isaiah 62:10; Luke 3:5–6; Isaiah 35:8; Isaiah 40:3; Jeremiah 18:15
- 15 Psalm 34:18; Isaiah 66:1–2; Psalm 138:6; Psalm 147:3; Exodus 15:11
- 16 Micah 7:18; Jeremiah 10:24; Psalm 103:9–16; Psalm 85:5; Hebrews 12:9
- 17 Isaiah 56:11; Colossians 3:5; Jeremiah 6:13; 2 Peter 2:14; Ephesians 5:3–5
- 18 Jeremiah 33:6; Revelation 7:17; Jeremiah 3:22; Hosea 14:4–8; Jeremiah 31:3
- 19 Acts 2:39; Hebrews 13:15; Luke 10:5–6; Acts 10:36; Ephesians 6:19
- 20 Isaiah 3:11; Proverbs 4:16–17; Job 18:5–14; Jude 12; Job 20:11–29
- 21 Isaiah 48:22; Isaiah 3:11; 2 Kings 9:22; Isaiah 59:8; Romans 3:16–17
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He says, "For behold how the just man perishes, and no man considers it; and righteous men are taken away, and no man layeth it to heart." These things were acted beforehand in Abel, were also previously declared by the prophets, but were accomplished in the Lord's person; and the same [is still true] with regard to us, the body …
So that the Prophet in amazement speaks of this too, Against whom have ye opened your mouth, and against whom have ye let loose your tongue?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
For as a man is said to "perish," according to that which is written, Behold, how the righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart, and this, though the resurrection is looked for; so we look for a resurrection, as it were, of the heavens also.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)