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Isaiah 48:22

There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.

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אֵ֣יןeynelseאַיִןparticle, negative — “else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).שָׁל֔וֹםshalomhealthשָׁלוֹםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “health”, the ordinary formH7965safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace[idiom] do, familiar, [idiom] fare, favour, [phrase] friend, [idiom] great, (good) health, ([idiom] perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, ([idiom] all is, be) well, [idiom] whol…אָמַ֥רamarsayאָמַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “say”, a completed actionH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…יְהוָ֖הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).לָרְשָׁעִֽיםlareshaimto guiltyרָשָׁעpreposition, with the article, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “to guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

There is no peace, saith the LORD concerning the wicked.

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American Standard Version (1901)

There is no peace, saith Jehovah, to the wicked.

Young’s Literal Translation

There is no peace, said Jehovah, to the wicked!

World English Bible

“There is no peace”, says Yahweh, “for the wicked.”

Darby Translation

There is no peace, saith Jehovah, unto the wicked.

Douay-Rheims

There is no peace to the wicked, saith the Lord.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

There is no peace, saith the LORD concerning the wicked.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

There is no joy, saith the Lord, to the ungodly.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὐκ ἔστι χαίρειν, λέγει Κύριος, τοῖς ἀσεβέσιν.