Isaiah 32 - Compare Translations
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Isaiah 32:1
KJVBehold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
WEBBehold, a king shall reign in righteousness,
YLTLo, for righteousness doth a king reign, As to princes, for judgment they rule.
Isaiah 32:2
KJVAnd 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.
WEBA man shall be as a hiding place from the wind,
YLTAnd 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.
Isaiah 32:3
KJVAnd the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
WEBThe eyes of those who see will not be dim,
YLTAnd not dazzled are the eyes of beholders, And the ears of hearers do attend.
Isaiah 32:4
KJVThe heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
WEBThe heart of the rash will understand knowledge,
YLTAnd the heart of those hastened Understandeth to know, And the tongue of stammerers hasteth to speak clearly.
Isaiah 32:5
KJVThe vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
WEBThe fool will no longer be called noble,
YLTA fool is no more called `noble,' And to a miser it is not said, `rich;'
Isaiah 32:6
KJVFor 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.
WEBFor the fool will speak folly,
YLTFor 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.
Isaiah 32:7
KJVThe instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
WEBThe ways of the scoundrel are evil.
YLTAnd the miser -- his instruments [are] evil, He hath counselled wicked devices, To corrupt the poor with lying sayings, Even when the needy speaketh justly.
Isaiah 32:8
KJVBut the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
WEBBut the noble devises noble things;
YLTAnd the noble counselled noble things, And he for noble things riseth up.
Isaiah 32:9
KJVRise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
WEBRise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my voice!
YLTWomen, easy ones, rise, hear my voice, Daughters, confident ones, give ear [to] my saying,
Isaiah 32:10
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Isaiah 32:11
KJVTremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
WEBTremble, you women who are at ease!
YLTTremble ye women, ye easy ones, Be troubled, ye confident ones, Strip and make bare, with a girdle on the loins,
Isaiah 32:12
KJVThey shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
WEBBeat your breasts for the pleasant fields,
YLTFor breasts they are lamenting, For fields of desire, for the fruitful vine.
Isaiah 32:13
KJVUpon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
WEBThorns and briers will come up on my people’s land;
YLTOver the ground of my people thorn -- brier goeth up, Surely over all houses of joy of the exulting city,
Isaiah 32:14
KJVBecause 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;
WEBFor the palace will be forsaken.
YLTSurely 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;
Isaiah 32:15
KJVUntil 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.
WEBUntil the Spirit is poured on us from on high,
YLTTill 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.
Isaiah 32:16
KJVThen judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
WEBThen justice will dwell in the wilderness;
YLTAnd dwelt in the wilderness hath judgment, And righteousness in the fruitful field remaineth.
Isaiah 32:17
KJVAnd the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
WEBThe work of righteousness will be peace;
YLTAnd a work of the righteousness hath been peace, And a service of the righteousness -- Keeping quiet and confidence unto the age.
Isaiah 32:18
KJVAnd my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
WEBMy people will live in a peaceful habitation,
YLTAnd dwelt hath My people in a peaceful habitation, And in stedfast tabernacles, And in quiet resting-places.
Isaiah 32:19
KJVWhen it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.
WEBThough hail flattens the forest,
YLTAnd it hath hailed in the going down of the forest, And in the valley is the city low.
Isaiah 32:20
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