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Isaiah 32

Highlighted words differ from the KJV. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    KJVBehold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
    WEBBehold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.
  2. 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, 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. 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, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
  4. 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, and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.
  5. 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, nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
  6. 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, 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. 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. He devises wicked plans to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.
  8. 8
    KJVBut the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
    WEBBut the noble devises noble things, and he will continue in noble things.
  9. 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! You careless daughters, give ear to my speech!
  10. 10
    KJVMany days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
    WEBFor days beyond a year you will be troubled, you careless women; for the vintage will fail. The harvest won’t come.
  11. 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! Be troubled, you careless ones! Strip yourselves, make yourselves naked, and put sackcloth on your waist.
  12. 12
    KJVThey shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
    WEBBeat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
  13. 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; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
  14. 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. 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. 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, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest.
  16. 16
    KJVThen judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
    WEBThen justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field.
  17. 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, and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.
  18. 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, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting places,
  19. 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, and the city is leveled completely.
  20. 20
    KJVBlessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
    WEBBlessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey.
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