Isaiah 32:1

AMP: Behold, a King will reign in righteousness,And princes will rule with justice.

ASV: Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.

BSB: Behold, a king will reign in righteousness,and princes will rule with justice.

DARBY: Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.

DRA: Behold a king shall reign in justice, and princes shell rule in judgment.

KJV: Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.

Isaiah 32:2

AMP: Each [one of them] will be like a hiding place from the windAnd a shelter from the storm,Like streams of water in a dry land,Like the shade of a huge rock in a parched and weary land [to those who turn to them].

ASV: And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

BSB: Each will be like a shelter from the wind,a refuge from the storm,like streams of water in a dry land,like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.

DARBY: And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the storm; as brooks of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.

DRA: And a man shall be as when one is hid from the wind, and hideth himself from a storm, as rivers of waters in drought, and the shadow of a rock that standeth out in a desert land.

KJV: 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.

Isaiah 32:3

AMP: Then the eyes of those who see will not be blinded,And the ears of those who hear will listen attentively.

ASV: And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

BSB: Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed,and the ears of those who hear will listen.

DARBY: And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken;

DRA: The eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken diligently.

KJV: And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

Isaiah 32:4

AMP: The heart (mind) of those who act impulsively will discern the truth,And the tongue of the stammerers will hurry to speak clearly.

ASV: And the heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

BSB: The mind of the rash will know and understand,and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.

DARBY: and the heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

DRA: And the heart of fools shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of stammerers shall speak readily and plain.

KJV: The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

Isaiah 32:5

AMP: The fool (the good-for-nothing) will no longer be called noble,Nor the rogue said to be generous.

ASV: The fool shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

BSB: No longer will a fool be called noble,nor a scoundrel be respected.

DARBY: The vile man shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful:

DRA: The fool shall no more be called prince: neither shall the deceitful be called great:

KJV: The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

Isaiah 32:6

AMP: For the fool speaks nonsense,And his heart (mind) plans wickedness:To practice ungodliness and to speak error concerning the Lord,To keep the craving of the hungry unsatisfiedAnd to deprive the thirsty of drink.

ASV: For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

BSB: For a fool speaks foolishness;his mind plots iniquity.He practices ungodlinessand speaks falsely about the LORD;he leaves the hungry emptyand deprives the thirsty of drink.

DARBY: for the vile man will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

DRA: For the fool will speak foolish things, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and speak to the Lord deceitfully, and to make empty the soul of the hungry, and take away drink from the thirsty.

KJV: 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.

Isaiah 32:7

AMP: As for the rogue, his weapons are evil;He conceives wicked plansTo ruin the poor with lies,Even when the plea of the needy one is just and right.

ASV: And the instruments of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

BSB: The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive;he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies,even when the plea of the needy is just.

DARBY: The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

DRA: The vessels of the deceitful are most wicked: for he hath framed devices to destroy the meek, with lying words, when the poor man speaketh judgment.

KJV: 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.

Isaiah 32:8

AMP: But the noble man conceives noble and magnificent things;And he stands by what is noble and magnificent.

ASV: But the noble deviseth noble things; and in noble things shall he continue.

BSB: But a noble man makes honorable plans;he stands up for worthy causes.

DARBY: But the noble deviseth noble things; and to noble things doth he stand.

DRA: But the prince will devise such things as are worthy of a prince, and he shah stand above the rulers.

KJV: But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

Isaiah 32:9

AMP: ¶Rise up, you women who are carefree,And hear my voice,You confident and unsuspecting daughters!Listen to what I am saying.

ASV: Rise up, ye women that are at ease, [and] hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.

BSB: Stand up, you complacent women;listen to me.Give ear to my word,you overconfident daughters.

DARBY: Rise up, ye women that are at ease, hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.

DRA: Rise up, ye rich women, and hear my voice: ye confident daughters, give ear to my speech.

KJV: Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.

Isaiah 32:10

AMP: In little more than a yearYou will tremble [with anxiety], you unsuspecting and complacent women;For the vintage has ended,And the harvest will not come.

ASV: For days beyond a year shall ye be troubled, ye careless women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come.

BSB: In a little more than a year you will tremble,O secure ones.For the grape harvest will failand the fruit harvest will not arrive.

DARBY: In a year and [some] days shall ye be troubled, ye careless women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come.

DRA: For after days and a year, you that are confident shall be troubled: for the vintage is at an end, the gathering shall come no more.

KJV: Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.

Isaiah 32:11

AMP: Tremble, you women who are carefree;Tremble with fear, you complacent ones!Strip, undress and wear sackcloth on your waist [in grief],

ASV: Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird [sackcloth] upon your loins.

BSB: Shudder, you ladies of leisure;tremble, you daughters of complacency.Strip yourselves bareand put sackcloth around your waists.

DARBY: Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird [sackcloth] on your loins!

DRA: Be astonished, ye rich women, be troubled, ye confident ones: strip yen, and be confounded, gird your loins.

KJV: Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.

Isaiah 32:12

AMP: Beat your breasts [in mourning] for the beautiful fields, for the fruitful vine,

ASV: They shall smite upon the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

BSB: Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,for the fruitful vines,

DARBY: They shall smite on the breasts [in lamentation] for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vineyards.

DRA: Mourn for your breasts, for the delightful country, for the fruitful vineyard.

KJV: They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

Isaiah 32:13

AMP: For the land of my people growing over with thorns and briars—Yes, [mourn] for all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

ASV: Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

BSB: and for the land of my people,overgrown with thorns and briers —even for every house of merrimentin this city of revelry.

DARBY: Upon the land of my people shall come up thistles [and] briars, yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

DRA: Upon the land of my people shall thorns and briers come up: how much more upon all the houses of joy, of the city that rejoiced?

KJV: Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

Isaiah 32:14

AMP: For the palace has been abandoned, the populated city deserted;The hill [of the city] and the watchtower have become caves [for wild animals] forever,A delight for wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks,

ASV: For the palace shall be forsaken; the populous city shall be deserted; the hill and the watch-tower shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

BSB: For the palace will be forsaken,the busy city abandoned.The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever —the delight of wild donkeysand a pasture for flocks —

DARBY: For the palace shall be deserted, the multitude of the city shall be forsaken; hill and watchtower shall be caves for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

DRA: For the house is forsaken, the multitude of the city is left, darkness and obscurity are come upon its dens for ever. A joy of wild asses, the pastures of docks,

KJV: 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;

Isaiah 32:15

AMP: Until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high,And the wilderness becomes a fertile field,And the fertile field is valued as a forest. [Ps 104:30; Ezek 36:26, 27; 39:29; Zech 12:10]

ASV: until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest.

BSB: until the Spirit is poured outupon us from on high.Then the desert will be an orchard,and the orchard will seem like a forest.

DARBY: until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

DRA: Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high: and the desert shall be se a charmel, and charmel shall be counted for a forest.

KJV: 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.

Isaiah 32:16

AMP: Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,And righteousness will live in the fertile field.

ASV: Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field.

BSB: Then justice will inhabit the wilderness,and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.

DARBY: And judgment shall inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness dwell in the fruitful field.

DRA: And judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and justice shall sit in charmel.

KJV: Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

Isaiah 32:17

AMP: And the effect of righteousness will be peace,And the result of righteousness will be quietness and confident trust forever.

ASV: And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence for ever.

BSB: The work of righteousness will be peace;the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.

DARBY: And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever.

DRA: And the work of justice shall be peace, and the service of justice quietness, and security for ever.

KJV: And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

Isaiah 32:18

AMP: Then my people will live in a peaceful surrounding,And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed resting places.

ASV: And my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.

BSB: Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place,in safe and secure places of rest.

DARBY: And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.

DRA: And my people shall sit in the beauty of peace, and in the tabernacles of confidence, and in wealthy rest.

KJV: And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

Isaiah 32:19

AMP: But it will hail, when the forest comes down,And the [capital] city will fall in utter humiliation.

ASV: But it shall hail in the downfall of the forest; and the city shall be utterly laid low.

BSB: But hail will level the forest,and the city will sink to the depths.

DARBY: And it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

DRA: But hail shall be in the descent of the forest, and the city shall be made very low.

KJV: When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

Isaiah 32:20

AMP: Blessed (happy, fortunate) are you who cast your seed upon all waters [when the river overflows its banks and irrigates the land],You who allow the ox and the donkey to roam freely.

ASV: Blessed are yet that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass.

BSB: Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters,who let the ox and donkey range freely.

DARBY: Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass.

DRA: Blessed are ye that sow upon all waters, sending thither the foot of the ox and the ass.

KJV: Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.

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