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Isaiah 26:7

NETBible	¹The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight.²
NIV © biblegateway Isa 26:7	The path of the righteous is level; O upright One, you make the way of the righteous smooth.
NASB © biblegateway Isa 26:7	The way of the righteous is smooth; O Upright One, make the path of the righteous level.
NLT © biblegateway Isa 26:7	But for those who are righteous, the path is not steep and rough. You are a God of justice, and you smooth out the road ahead of them.
MSG © biblegateway Isa 26:7	The path of right-living people is level. The Leveler evens the road for the right-living.
BBE © SABDAweb Isa 26:7	The way of the good man is straight; the road of the upright is made smooth by you.
NRSV © bibleoremus Isa 26:7	The way of the righteous is level; O Just One, you make smooth the path of the righteous.
NKJV © biblegateway Isa 26:7	The way of the just is uprightness; O Most Upright, You weigh the path of the just.
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KJV	The way <0734> of the just <06662> [is] uprightness <04339>_: thou, most upright <03477>_, dost weigh <06424> (8762) the path <04570> of the just <06662>_.
NASB © biblegateway Isa 26:7	The way <0734> of the righteous <06662> is smooth <04339> ; O Upright <03477> One <03477> , make <06424> the path <04570> of the righteous <06662> level <06424> .
LXXM	odov <3598> N-NSF eusebwn <2152> A-GPM euyeia <2117> A-NSF egeneto <1096> V-AMI-3S kai <2532> CONJ pareskeuasmenh <3903> V-RMPNS h <3588> T-NSF odov <3598> N-NSF twn <3588> T-GPM eusebwn <2152> A-GPM
NET [draft] ITL	The way <0734> of the righteous <06662> is level <06424> , the path <04570> of the righteous <03477> <04339> that you make is straight <06662> .
HEBREW	olpt <06424> qydu <06662> lgem <04570> rsy <03477> Myrsym <04339> qydul <06662> xra (26:7) <0734>

NETBible

¹The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight.²

NET Notes

¹sn The literary structure of chap. 26 is not entirely clear. The chapter begins with an eschatological song of praise and ends with a lament and prophetic response (vv. 16-21). It is not certain where the song of praise ends or how vv. 7-15 fit into the structure. Verses 10-11a seem to lament the presence of evil and v. 11b anticipates the arrival of judgment, so it is possible that vv. 7-15 are a prelude to the lament and announcement that conclude the chapter.

²tc The Hebrew text has, “upright, the path of the righteous you make level.” There are three possible ways to translate this line. Some take יָשָׁר (yashar) as a divine title: “O Upright One” (cf. NASB, NIV, NKJV, NRSV, NLT). Others regard יָשָׁר as the result of dittography (מֵישָׁרִים יָשָׁר ַמעְגַּל, mesharim yashar ma’gal) and do not include it in the translation. Another possibility is to keep יָשָׁר and render the line as “the path of the righteous that you prepare is straight.”

²sn The metaphor of a level/smooth road/path may refer to their morally upright manner of life (see v. 8a), but verse 7b, which attributes the smooth path to the Lord, suggests that the Lord’s vindication and blessing may be the reality behind the metaphor here.