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None of them will help you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/57.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I will declare your righteousness and your deeds, but they will not profit you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/57.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/57.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/57.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I will declare your righteousness And your works, For they will not profit you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/57.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I will declare your righteousness and your deeds, And they will not benefit you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/57.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I will declare your righteousness and your deeds, But they will not profit you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/57.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“I will declare your righteousness and your deeds, But they will not profit you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/57.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I will declare your righteousness and your deeds, But they will not profit you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/57.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“I will declare your [hypocritical] righteousness and your deeds, But they will not benefit you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/57.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will announce your righteousness, and your works—they will not profit you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/57.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will expose your righteousness, and your works—they will not profit you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/57.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/57.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You think you're so good, but I'll point out the truth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/57.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/57.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I'll tell you about your righteous ways and what you have done, but they won't help you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/57.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You think that what you do is right, but I will expose your conduct, and your idols will not be able to help you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/57.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"I will denounce your righteousness and your works, for your collections of idols will not benefit you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/57.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/57.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, but they will not help you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/57.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they shall not profit you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/57.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/57.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they will not benefit you. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/57.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I declare your righteousness, and your works, "" And they do not profit you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/57.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> I declare thy righteousness, and thy works, And they do not profit thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/57.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I will announce thy justice and thy works, and they shall not profit thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/57.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I will declare thy justice, and thy works shall not profit thee. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/57.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />I will announce your justice, and your works will not benefit you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/57.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I will proclaim your justice and your works; but they shall not help you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/57.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I will concede your righteousness and your works, but they will not help you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/57.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I will declare my righteousness, and your works shall not profit you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/57.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I shall show my righteousness and your works shall not benefit you<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/57.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />I will declare thy righteousness; thy works also--they shall not profit thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/57.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I will declare thy righteousness, and thy sins, which shall not profit thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/57-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=12693" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/57.htm">God Condemns Idolatry</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me? <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/5046.htm" title="5046: ’ag·gîḏ (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- To be conspicuous. ">will expose</a> <a href="/hebrew/6666.htm" title="6666: ṣiḏ·qā·ṯêḵ (N-fsc:: 2fs) -- Righteousness. From tsadaq; rightness, subjectively, objectively, morally or figuratively.">your righteousness</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4639.htm" title="4639: ma·‘ă·śa·yiḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- A deed, work. From asah; an action; generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product or property.">and your works,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and they will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3276.htm" title="3276: yō·w·‘î·lūḵ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp:: 2fs) -- To confer or gain profit or benefit. A primitive root; properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable.">profit you.</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>When you cry out, let your companies of idols deliver you! Yet the wind will carry off all of them, a breath will take them away. But he who seeks refuge in Me will inherit the land and possess My holy mountain.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-20.htm">Romans 3:20</a></span><br />Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/2-16.htm">Galatians 2:16</a></span><br />know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/3-9.htm">Philippians 3:9</a></span><br />and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/10-3.htm">Romans 10:3</a></span><br />Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/2-8.htm">Ephesians 2:8-9</a></span><br />For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, / not by works, so that no one can boast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/titus/3-5.htm">Titus 3:5</a></span><br />He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-22.htm">Matthew 7:22-23</a></span><br />Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ / Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/18-9.htm">Luke 18:9-14</a></span><br />To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable: / “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. / The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/4-2.htm">Romans 4:2-5</a></span><br />If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God. / For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” / Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/2-10.htm">James 2:10</a></span><br />Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a></span><br />Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-22.htm">Jeremiah 2:22</a></span><br />Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/33-13.htm">Ezekiel 33:13</a></span><br />If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteous works will be remembered; he will die because of the iniquity he has committed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6-8</a></span><br />With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? / Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? / He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/8-13.htm">Hosea 8:13</a></span><br />Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I will declare your righteousness, and your works; for they shall not profit you.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-15</a></b></br> To what purpose <i>is</i> the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/58-2.htm">Isaiah 58:2-6</a></b></br> Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/59-6.htm">Isaiah 59:6-8</a></b></br> Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works <i>are</i> works of iniquity, and the act of violence <i>is</i> in their hands… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/38-17.htm">Benefit</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-11.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-8.htm">Declare</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-29.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-22.htm">Doings</a> <a href="/job/20-27.htm">Expose</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-8.htm">Help</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-11.htm">Profit</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-1.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-12.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/65-8.htm">Benefit</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-14.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-1.htm">Declare</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-6.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-1.htm">Doings</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Expose</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-13.htm">Help</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-8.htm">Profit</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-2.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-6.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 57</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/57-1.htm">The blessed death of the righteous</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/57-3.htm">God reproves the People for their idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/57-13.htm">He gives promises of mercy to the penitent</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/57.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/57.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>I will expose your righteousness and your works</b><br>In this passage, God declares His intention to reveal the true nature of the people's so-called righteousness and deeds. The context is a rebuke of Israel's idolatry and false piety. Historically, Israel often fell into the trap of outward religious observance while their hearts were far from God. This phrase echoes the prophetic tradition of calling out hypocrisy, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-17</a> and <a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-24</a>. The exposure of their deeds is a divine judgment, emphasizing that God sees beyond external actions to the heart's true condition. This aligns with Jesus' teachings in the New Testament, where He criticizes the Pharisees for their outward displays of righteousness while neglecting justice and mercy (<a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23-28</a>).<p><b>and they will not profit you</b><br>The futility of relying on one's own righteousness and works is highlighted here. In the cultural and religious context of ancient Israel, there was a tendency to believe that ritual observance and sacrifices could earn God's favor. However, this phrase underscores the biblical truth that human efforts, apart from genuine faith and repentance, are insufficient for salvation. This is consistent with the broader biblical narrative that emphasizes faith over works, as seen in passages like <a href="/ephesians/2-8.htm">Ephesians 2:8-9</a> and <a href="/romans/3-20.htm">Romans 3:20</a>. The prophetic message is clear: only a heart truly turned towards God, not mere ritualistic observance, can lead to spiritual profit and divine favor. This anticipates the New Testament revelation of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ, who fulfills the law and prophets (<a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">Matthew 5:17</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book that bears his name. He prophesied to the Kingdom of Judah during a time of moral and spiritual decline.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which often fell into idolatry and was subject to God's judgment through the prophets.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The speaker in this verse, who is addressing the people of Judah through the prophet Isaiah, highlighting their misplaced trust in their own righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_illusion_of_self-righteousness.htm">The Illusion of Self-Righteousness</a></b><br>Human efforts and self-righteousness are insufficient for salvation. True righteousness comes from God alone.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_hypocrisy.htm">The Danger of Hypocrisy</a></b><br>Outward religious actions without inward transformation are meaningless. God desires a heart aligned with His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_repentance.htm">The Need for Repentance</a></b><br>Recognize the futility of relying on personal merit and turn to God in repentance and faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_omniscience.htm">God's Omniscience</a></b><br>God sees beyond our actions to the intentions of our hearts. We cannot hide our true selves from Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_authentic_faith.htm">The Call to Authentic Faith</a></b><br>Authentic faith is demonstrated through a life transformed by God's grace, not merely through external works.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_57.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 57</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_jesus'_life_and_teachings_fulfill_god.htm">How does Jesus' life and teachings fulfill God's promise?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_god's_nature_different_in_testaments.htm">Is God's nature different between the Testaments?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_isaiah_57_1-2_with_suffering.htm">Isaiah 57:1-2: How can the claim that righteous people are taken away to be spared from evil be reconciled with the historical suffering of the faithful throughout Israel's history?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_did_jesus_mean_by_'only_believe'.htm">What is the purpose of Instruction in Righteousness?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/57.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">I will declare thy righteousness . . .</span>--Accepting the Hebrew text, we must look on the word as used ironically, the righteousness which is no righteousness. Comp. <a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm" title="But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.">Isaiah 64:6</a>. A slight alteration, adopted by many critics, gives "<span class= "ital">my </span>righteousness."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/57.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I will declare thy righteousness</span>, etc. The Syriac Version has "my righteousness," which gives a much better sense, and is adopted by Bishop Lowth, Dr. Weir, and Mr. Cheyne. God will be silent no longer. He will" declare," or show forth, "his righteousness," by visiting Judah with some righteous punishment. Then it will be seen of what value are those things in which Judah has hitherto trusted. Her works - whether her "idols" are meant (Cheyne, Delitzsch), or her "deeds of iniquity" (Kay) - what will they profit? She will "cry" out under the rod of chastisement - cry to her false gods to save her. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/57-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will expose</span><br /><span class="heb">אַגִּ֖יד</span> <span class="translit">(’ag·gîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5046.htm">Strong's 5046: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be conspicuous</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your righteousness</span><br /><span class="heb">צִדְקָתֵ֑ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ṣiḏ·qā·ṯêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6666.htm">Strong's 6666: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rightness, subjectively, objectively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your works,</span><br /><span class="heb">מַעֲשַׂ֖יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ma·‘ă·śa·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4639.htm">Strong's 4639: </a> </span><span class="str2">An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and they will not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">profit you.</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹעִילֽוּךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·‘î·lūḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3276.htm">Strong's 3276: </a> </span><span class="str2">To confer or gain profit or benefit</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/57-12.htm">Isaiah 57:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/57-12.htm">Isaiah 57:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/57-12.htm">Isaiah 57:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/57-12.htm">Isaiah 57:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/57-12.htm">Isaiah 57:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/57-12.htm">Isaiah 57:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/57-12.htm">Isaiah 57:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/57-12.htm">Isaiah 57:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/57-12.htm">Isaiah 57:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/57-12.htm">Isaiah 57:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/57-12.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 57:12 I will declare your righteousness (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/57-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 57:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 57:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/57-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 57:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 57:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>