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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.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Isaiah 32 (KJVS)

[1] Behold, a king shall reign () in righteousness, and princes shall rule () in judgment.
[2] And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
[3] And the eyes of them that see () shall not be dim, () and the ears of them that hear () shall hearken. ()
[4] The heart also of the rash () shall understand () knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready () to speak () plainly.
[5] The vile person shall be no more called () liberal, nor the churl said () to be bountiful.
[6] For the vile person will speak () villany, and his heart will work () iniquity, to practise () hypocrisy, and to utter () error against the Lord, to make empty () the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. ()
[7] The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth () wicked devices to destroy () the poor () with lying words, even when the needy speaketh () right.
[8] But the liberal deviseth () liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. ()
[9] Rise up, () ye women that are at ease; hear () my voice, ye careless () daughters; give ear () unto my speech.
[10] Many days and years shall ye be troubled, () ye careless women: () for the vintage shall fail, () the gathering shall not come. ()
[11] Tremble, () ye women that are at ease; be troubled, () ye careless ones: () strip () you, and make you bare, () and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
[12] They shall lament () for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful () vine.
[13] Upon the land of my people shall come up () thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
[14] because the palaces shall be forsaken; () the multitude of the city shall be left; () the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
[15] until the spirit be poured () upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted () for a forest.
[16] Then judgment shall dwell () in the wilderness, and righteousness remain () in the fruitful field.
[17] And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness () and assurance for ever.
[18] And my people shall dwell () in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
[19] when it shall hail, () coming down () on the forest; and the city shall be low () in a low place.
[20] Blessed are ye that sow () beside all waters, that send forth () thither the feet of the ox and the ass.

Isaiah 32:2 Heb. heavy
Isaiah 32:4a Heb. hasty
Isaiah 32:4b Or, elegantly
Isaiah 32:7 Or, he speaketh against the poor in judgment
Isaiah 32:8 Or, be established
Isaiah 32:10 Heb. days above a year
Isaiah 32:12 Heb. the fields of desire
Isaiah 32:14 Or, clifts and watchtowers

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Isaiah 32 (BYZ)

[1] ιδου γαρ βασιλευς δικαιος βασιλευσει και αρχοντες μετα κρισεως αρξουσιν
[2] και εσται ο ανθρωπος κρυπτων τους λογους αυτου και κρυβησεται ως αφ υδατος φερομενου και φανησεται εν σιων ως ποταμος φερομενος ενδοξος εν γη διψωση
[3] και ουκετι εσονται πεποιθοτες επ ανθρωποις αλλα τα ωτα δωσουσιν ακουειν
[4] και η καρδια των ασθενουντων προσεξει του ακουειν και αι γλωσσαι αι ψελλιζουσαι ταχυ μαθησονται λαλειν ειρηνην
[5] και ουκετι μη ειπωσιν τω μωρω αρχειν και ουκετι μη ειπωσιν οι υπηρεται σου σιγα
[6] ο γαρ μωρος μωρα λαλησει και η καρδια αυτου ματαια νοησει του συντελειν ανομα και λαλειν προς κυριον πλανησιν του διασπειραι ψυχας πεινωσας και τας ψυχας τας διψωσας κενας ποιησαι
[7] η γαρ βουλη των πονηρων ανομα βουλευσεται καταφθειραι ταπεινους εν λογοις αδικοις και διασκεδασαι λογους ταπεινων εν κρισει
[8] οι δε ευσεβεις συνετα εβουλευσαντο και αυτη η βουλη μενει
[9] γυναικες πλουσιαι αναστητε και ακουσατε της φωνης μου θυγατερες εν ελπιδι ακουσατε τους λογους μου
[10] ημερας ενιαυτου μνειαν ποιησασθε εν οδυνη μετ ελπιδος ανηλωται ο τρυγητος πεπαυται ο σπορος και ουκετι μη ελθη
[11] εκστητε λυπηθητε αι πεποιθυιαι εκδυσασθε γυμναι γενεσθε περιζωσασθε σακκους τας οσφυας
[12] και επι των μαστων κοπτεσθε απο αγρου επιθυμηματος και αμπελου γενηματος
[13] η γη του λαου μου ακανθα και χορτος αναβησεται και εκ πασης οικιας ευφροσυνη αρθησεται πολις πλουσια
[14] οικοι εγκαταλελειμμενοι πλουτον πολεως και οικους επιθυμητους αφησουσιν και εσονται αι κωμαι σπηλαια εως του αιωνος ευφροσυνη ονων αγριων βοσκηματα ποιμενων
[15] εως αν επελθη εφ υμας πνευμα αφ υψηλου και εσται ερημος ο χερμελ και ο χερμελ εις δρυμον λογισθησεται
[16] και αναπαυσεται εν τη ερημω κριμα και δικαιοσυνη εν τω καρμηλω κατοικησει
[17] και εσται τα εργα της δικαιοσυνης ειρηνη και κρατησει η δικαιοσυνη αναπαυσιν και πεποιθοτες εως του αιωνος
[18] και κατοικησει ο λαος αυτου εν πολει ειρηνης και ενοικησει πεποιθως και αναπαυσονται μετα πλουτου
[19] η δε χαλαζα εαν καταβη ουκ εφ υμας ηξει και εσονται οι ενοικουντες εν τοις δρυμοις πεποιθοτες ως οι εν τη πεδινη
[20] μακαριοι οι σπειροντες επι παν υδωρ ου βους και ονος πατει

The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Dedicated to the public domain by Guardian Press, Inc. and J. Jeffrey Dodson.