Isaiah 59:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

Young's Literal Translation
There is none calling in righteousness, And there is none pleading in faithfulness, Trusting on emptiness, and speaking falsehood, Conceiving perverseness, and bearing iniquity.

King James Bible
None calleth for justice, nor [any] pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

Hebrew
No one
אֵין־ (’ên-)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

calls
קֹרֵ֣א (qō·rê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

for justice;
בְצֶ֔דֶק (ḇə·ṣe·ḏeq)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6664: The right, equity, prosperity

no one
וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

pleads his case
נִשְׁפָּ֖ט (niš·pāṭ)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

honestly.
בֶּאֱמוּנָ֑ה (be·’ĕ·mū·nāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 530: Firmness, steadfastness, fidelity

They rely
בָּט֤וֹחַ (bā·ṭō·w·aḥ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 982: To trust, be confident, sure

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

empty [pleas];
תֹּ֙הוּ֙ (tō·hū)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8414: A desolation, desert, a worthless thing, in vain

they tell
וְדַבֶּר־ (wə·ḏab·ber-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

lies;
שָׁ֔וְא (šāw)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7723: Evil, idolatry, uselessness

they conceive
הָר֥וֹ (hā·rōw)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 2029: To conceive, become pregnant

mischief
עָמָ֖ל (‘ā·māl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5999: Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind

and give birth to
וְהוֹלֵ֥יד (wə·hō·w·lêḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

iniquity.
אָֽוֶן׃ (’ā·wen)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 205: Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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