Isaiah 57:12

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

I will declare your righteousness, and your works; for they shall not profit you.

American King James Version (AKJV)

I will declare your righteousness, and your works; for they shall not profit you.

American Standard Version (ASV)

I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

I will make clear what your righteousness is like and your works; you will have no profit in them.

Webster's Revision

I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.

World English Bible

I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they shall not profit you.

English Revised Version (ERV)

I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.

Clarke's Isaiah 57:12 Bible Commentary

Thy righteousness "My righteousness" - For צדקתך tsidkathech, Thy righteousness, the Syriac, Septuagint, MSS. Alex. and Pachom., and 1. D. II., and Marchal. and οἱ Γ, and the Arabics read צדקי tsidki, My righteousness.

Barnes's Isaiah 57:12 Bible Commentary

I will declare thy righteousness - This is evidently spoken ironically. The sense is, 'you have devoted yourselves to idols, and you have sought the aid of foreigners. I will now announce to you the true nature of the deliverance which they can bring to you.' This is done in the following verse.