Vol. 06 · Misquoted ·Book ·210 of 348
"No rest for the wicked."
They never said that.
What people say
"No rest for the wicked."
What was actually said
"There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked." The prophet Isaiah — Isaiah 57:21 (KJV, 1611)
Why it stuck
"Peace" (moral tranquillity) is the original; "rest" (bodily leisure) is the modern swap. The meaning drifts from spiritual unease to "I can't take a break."
The even earlier Isaiah 48:22 uses the same "no peace" phrasing.
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