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Isaiah 58:2

NETBible	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 © biblegateway Isa 58:2	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 © biblegateway Isa 58:2	"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 © biblegateway Isa 58:2	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 © biblegateway Isa 58:2	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 © SABDAweb Isa 58:2	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 © bibleoremus Isa 58:2	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 © biblegateway Isa 58:2	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.
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KJV	Yet they seek <01875> (8799) me daily <03117> <03117>_, and delight <02654> (8799) to know <01847> my ways <01870>_, as a nation <01471> that did <06213> (8804) righteousness <06666>_, and forsook <05800> (8804) not the ordinance <04941> of their God <0430>_: they ask <07592> (8799) of me the ordinances <04941> of justice <06664>_; they take delight <02654> (8799) in approaching <07132> to God <0430>_.
NASB © biblegateway Isa 58:2	"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> .
LXXM	eme <1473> P-AS hmeran <2250> N-ASF ex <1537> PREP hmerav <2250> N-GSF zhtousin <2212> V-PAI-3P kai <2532> CONJ gnwnai <1097> V-AAN mou <1473> P-GS tav <3588> T-APF odouv <3598> N-APF epiyumousin {V-PAI-3P} wv <3739> PRT laov <2992> N-NSM dikaiosunhn <1343> N-ASF pepoihkwv <4160> V-RAPNS kai <2532> CONJ krisin <2920> N-ASF yeou <2316> N-GSM autou <846> D-GSM mh <3165> ADV egkataleloipwv <2641> V-RAPNS aitousin <154> V-PAI-3P me <1473> P-AS nun <3568> ADV krisin <2920> N-ASF dikaian <1342> A-ASF kai <2532> CONJ eggizein <1448> V-PAN yew <2316> N-DSM epiyumousin {V-PAI-3P}
NET [draft] ITL	They seek <01875> me day <03117> after day <03117> ; they want <02654> to know <01847> my requirements <01870> , like a nation <01471> that <0834> does what is right <06666> and does <06213> not <03808> reject <05800> the law <04941> of their God <0430> . They ask <07592> me for just <06664> decrees <04941> ; they want <02654> to be near <07132> God <0430> .
HEBREW	Nwupxy <02654> Myhla <0430> tbrq <07132> qdu <06664> yjpsm <04941> ynwlasy <07592> bze <05800> al <03808> wyhla <0430> jpsmw <04941> hve <06213> hqdu <06666> rsa <0834> ywgk <01471> Nwupxy <02654> ykrd <01870> tedw <01847> Nwsrdy <01875> Mwy <03117> Mwy <03117> ytwaw (58:2) <0853>


NETBible	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	¹tn Heb “ways” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, TEV); NLT “my laws.”