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World English Bible
Isaiah 32 (WEBP)
[1] Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.
[2] A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
[3] The eyes of those who see will not be dim, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
[4] The heart of the rash will understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.
[5] The fool will no longer be called noble, nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
[6] For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
[7] The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked plans to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.
[8] But the noble devises noble things, and he will continue in noble things.
[9] Rise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my voice! You careless daughters, give ear to my speech!
[10] For days beyond a year you will be troubled, you careless women; for the vintage will fail. The harvest won’t come.
[11] Tremble, you women who are at ease! Be troubled, you careless ones! Strip yourselves, make yourselves naked, and put sackcloth on your waist.
[12] Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
[13] Thorns and briers will come up on my people’s land; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
[14] For the palace will be forsaken. The populous city will be deserted. The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever, a delight for wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks,
[15] until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest.
[16] Then justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field.
[17] The work of righteousness will be peace, and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.
[18] My people will live in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting places,
[19] though hail flattens the forest, and the city is leveled completely.
[20] Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey.
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King James w/Strong’s #s
Isaiah 32 (KJVS)
[1] Behold, a king H4428 shall reign H4427 (8799) in righteousness H6664, and princes H8269 shall rule H8323 (8799) in judgment H4941.
[2] And a man H376 shall be as an hiding place H4224 from the wind H7307, and a covert H5643 from the tempest H2230; as rivers H6388 of water H4325 in a dry place H6724, as the shadow H6738 of a great H3515 rock H5553 in a weary H5889 land H776.
[3] And the eyes H5869 of them that see H7200 (8802) shall not be dim H8159 (8799), and the ears H241 of them that hear H8085 (8802) shall hearken H7181 (8799).
[4] The heart H3824 also of the rash H4116 (8737) shall understand H995 (8799) knowledge H1847, and the tongue H3956 of the stammerers H5926 shall be ready H4116 (8762) to speak H1696 (8763) plainly H6703.
[5] The vile person H5036 shall be no more called H7121 (8735) liberal H5081, nor the churl H3596 said H559 (8735) [to be] bountiful H7771.
[6] For the vile person H5036 will speak H1696 (8762) villany H5039, and his heart H3820 will work H6213 (8799) iniquity H205, to practise H6213 (8800) hypocrisy H2612, and to utter H1696 (8763) error H8442 against the LORD H3068, to make empty H7324 (8687) the soul H5315 of the hungry H7457, and he will cause the drink H4945 of the thirsty H6771 to fail H2637 (8686).
[7] The instruments H3627 also of the churl H3596 [are] evil H7451: he deviseth H3289 (8804) wicked devices H2154 to destroy H2254 (8763) the poor H6041 (8675) H6035 with lying H8267 words H561, even when the needy H34 speaketh H1696 (8763) right H4941.
[8] But the liberal H5081 deviseth H3289 (8804) liberal things H5081; and by liberal things H5081 shall he stand H6965 (8799).
[9] Rise up H6965 (8798), ye women H802 that are at ease H7600; hear H8085 (8798) my voice H6963, ye careless H982 (8802) daughters H1323; give ear H238 (8685) unto my speech H565.
[10] Many days H3117 and years H8141 shall ye be troubled H7264 (8799), ye careless women H982 (8802): for the vintage H1210 shall fail H3615 (8804), the gathering H625 shall not come H935 (8799).
[11] Tremble H2729 (8798), ye women that are at ease H7600; be troubled H7264 (8798), ye careless ones H982 (8802): strip H6584 (8800) you, and make you bare H6209 (8798), and gird H2290 [sackcloth] upon [your] loins H2504.
[12] They shall lament H5594 (8802) for the teats H7699, for the pleasant H2531 fields H7704, for the fruitful H6509 (8802) vine H1612.
[13] Upon the land H127 of my people H5971 shall come up H5927 (8799) thorns H6975 [and] briers H8068; yea, upon all the houses H1004 of joy H4885 [in] the joyous H5947 city H7151:
[14] Because the palaces H759 shall be forsaken H5203 (8795); the multitude H1995 of the city H5892 shall be left H5800 (8795); the forts H6076 and towers H975 shall be for dens H4631 for H5704 ever H5769, a joy H4885 of wild asses H6501, a pasture H4829 of flocks H5739;
[15] Until the spirit H7307 be poured H6168 (8735) upon us from on high H4791, and the wilderness H4057 be a fruitful field H3759, and the fruitful field H3759 be counted H2803 (8735) for a forest H3293.
[16] Then judgment H4941 shall dwell H7931 (8804) in the wilderness H4057, and righteousness H6666 remain H3427 (8799) in the fruitful field H3759.
[17] And the work H4639 of righteousness H6666 shall be peace H7965; and the effect H5656 of righteousness H6666 quietness H8252 (8687) and assurance H983 for H5704 ever H5769.
[18] And my people H5971 shall dwell H3427 (8804) in a peaceable H7965 habitation H5116, and in sure H4009 dwellings H4908, and in quiet H7600 resting places H4496;
[19] When it shall hail H1258 (8804), coming down H3381 (8800) on the forest H3293; and the city H5892 shall be low H8213 (8799) in a low place H8218.
[20] Blessed H835 [are] ye that sow H2232 (8802) beside all waters H4325, that send forth H7971 (8764) [thither] the feet H7272 of the ox H7794 and the ass H2543.
Young’s Literal Translation
Isaiah 32 (YLT)
[1] Lo, for righteousness doth a king reign, As to princes, for judgment they rule.
[2] And each hath been as a hiding-place from wind, And as a secret hiding-place from inundation, As rivulets of waters in a dry place, As a shadow of a heavy rock in a weary land.
[3] And not dazzled are the eyes of beholders, And the ears of hearers do attend.
[4] And the heart of those hastened Understandeth to know, And the tongue of stammerers hasteth to speak clearly.
[5] A fool is no more called ‘noble,’ And to a miser it is not said, ‘rich;’
[6] For a fool speaketh folly, And his heart doth iniquity, to do profanity, And to speak concerning Jehovah error, To empty the soul of the hungry, Yea, drink of the thirsty he causeth to lack.
[7] And the miser-his instruments are evil, He hath counselled wicked devices, To corrupt the poor with lying sayings, Even when the needy speaketh justly.
[8] And the noble counselled noble things, And he for noble things riseth up.
[9] Women, easy ones, rise, hear my voice, Daughters, confident ones, give ear to my saying,
[10] Days and a year ye are troubled, O confident ones, For consumed hath been harvest, The gathering cometh not.
[11] Tremble ye women, ye easy ones, Be troubled, ye confident ones, Strip and make bare, with a girdle on the loins,
[12] For breasts they are lamenting, For fields of desire, for the fruitful vine.
[13] Over the ground of my people thorn-brier goeth up, Surely over all houses of joy of the exulting city,
[14] Surely the palace hath been left, The multitude of the city forsaken, Fort and watch-tower hath been for dens unto the age, A joy of wild asses-a pasture of herds;
[15] Till emptied out on us is the Spirit from on high, And a wilderness hath become a fruitful field, And the fruitful field for a forest is reckoned.
[16] And dwelt in the wilderness hath judgment, And righteousness in the fruitful field remaineth.
[17] And a work of the righteousness hath been peace, And a service of the righteousness- Keeping quiet and confidence unto the age.
[18] And dwelt hath My people in a peaceful habitation, And in stedfast tabernacles, And in quiet resting-places.
[19] And it hath hailed in the going down of the forest, And in the valley is the city low.
[20] Happy are ye sowing by all waters, Sending forth the foot of the ox and the ass!