I have been reading in my KJV and my Rotherham's and NIV and looked up some other Bibles. Verse 9 and 10 are some what confusing to me. I know, there is no contradictions in the Bible.
(KJV) Isaiah 26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgements are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
26:10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.
(NIV) Isaiah 26:9 My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
26:10 Though grace is shown to the wicked they do not learn righteousness even in a land of uprightness they go on doing eveil and regard not the majesty of the Lord.
(Rotherham's) Isaiah 26.9 With my soul>longed I for thee in the night, Yea<with my spirit within me>I kept on searching for thee, For when< thy regulations (extend to the earth )> The inhabitants of the world will have learned righetousness.
Isaiah 26:10 <Let favour be shewed to the lawless> he hath not learned righeousness.In a land of honest dealings.>He acteth perversely,
and seeth not the splendour of Yahweh.
Now, I know in one of Ray's articles he uses Isaiah 26:9 to show us that God will teach all righetousness when he returns. When, I read in the NIV verse 10 it seems to be saying they will not learn. But, in the KJV it seems they will.
Then in the Rotherham's seem to be different in the way it is worded in verse 9 it has when thy regulations (extend )to the earth the i habitants of the world will have learned righetousness.
I also, looked into some other translations. But, they all seem to be saying they will not learn even in a land of honest dealings.
I was wondering if someone could help me understand these different translations. Is the second verse talking about something different then the first.
I really hated to bother any of you with this. But, I just can't get these scriptures off my mind. Verse 9 in Rotherham's seems plainer to me then in the NIV
Because the Rotherman's shows his regulations will extend to all the inhabitants of the earth and they will learn righteousness. I have tried to read Isaiah many times all the way through. But, it never made alot of sense to me. So, I would stop. The Lord has impressed on me this week to read it all the way through and I am going to do it rather I understand it all or not.
Also, could anyone tell me if there are any more witness to these scriptures.
In His Love,
Marlene