Isaiah 58:2
ContextNET © | They seek me day after day; they want to know my requirements, 1 like a nation that does what is right and does not reject the law of their God. They ask me for just decrees; they want to be near God. |
NIV © | For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands of its God. They ask me for just decisions and seem eager for God to come near them. |
NASB © | "Yet they seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways, As a nation that has done righteousness And has not forsaken the ordinance of their God. They ask Me for just decisions, They delight in the nearness of God. |
NLT © | Yet they act so pious! They come to the Temple every day and seem delighted to hear my laws. You would almost think this was a righteous nation that would never abandon its God. They love to make a show of coming to me and asking me to take action on their behalf. |
MSG © | They're busy, busy, busy at worship, and love studying all about me. To all appearances they're a nation of right-living people--law-abiding, God-honoring. They ask me, 'What's the right thing to do?' and love having me on their side. |
BBE © | Though they make prayer to me every day, and take pleasure in the knowledge of my ways: like a nation which has done righteousness, and has not given up the rules of their God, they make requests to me for the right orders, it is their delight to come near to God. |
NRSV © | Yet day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments, they delight to draw near to God. |
NKJV © | Yet they seek Me daily, And delight to know My ways, As a nation that did righteousness, And did not forsake the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me the ordinances of justice; They take delight in approaching God. |
KJV | |
NASB © | "Yet they seek <01875> Me day <03117> by day <03117> and delight <02654> to know <01847> My ways <01870> , As a nation <01471> that has done <06213> righteousness <06666> And has not forsaken <05800> the ordinance <04941> of their God <0430> . They ask <07592> Me for just <06664> decisions <04941> , They delight <02654> in the nearness <07132> of God .<0430> |
HEBREW | |
LXXM | epiyumousin {V-PAI-3P} |
NET © [draft] ITL | They seek <01875> me day <03117> after day <03117> ; they want <02654> to know <01847> my requirements, like <04941> <02654> a nation <01471> that <0834> does what is right <06666> and does <06213> not <03808> reject <05800> the law of their God <0430> . They ask <07592> me for just <06664> decrees; they want <02654> to be near <07132> God .<0430> |
NET © | They seek me day after day; they want to know my requirements, 1 like a nation that does what is right and does not reject the law of their God. They ask me for just decrees; they want to be near God. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “ways” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, TEV); NLT “my laws.” |