Isaiah · Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 32 Young's Literal Translation
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1 Lo, for righteousness doth a king reign, As to princes, for judgment they rule.
1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.
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.
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 And not dazzled are the eyes of beholders, And the ears of hearers do attend.
3 The eyes of those who see will not be dim, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
4 And the heart of those hastened Understandeth to know, And the tongue of stammerers hasteth to speak clearly.
4 The heart of the rash will understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.
5 A fool is no more called 'noble,' And to a miser it is not said, 'rich;'
5 The fool will no longer be called noble, nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
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.
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 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.
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 And the noble counselled noble things, And he for noble things riseth up.
8 But the noble devises noble things, and he will continue in noble things.
9 Women, easy ones, rise, hear my voice, Daughters, confident ones, give ear [to] my saying,
9 Rise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my voice! You careless daughters, give ear to my speech!
10 Days and a year ye are troubled, O confident ones, For consumed hath been harvest, The gathering cometh not.
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 ye women, ye easy ones, Be troubled, ye confident ones, Strip and make bare, with a girdle on the loins,
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 For breasts they are lamenting, For fields of desire, for the fruitful vine.
12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, 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,
13 Thorns and briers will come up on my people’s land; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous 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;
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 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.
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 And dwelt in the wilderness hath judgment, And righteousness in the fruitful field remaineth.
16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field.
17 And a work of the righteousness hath been peace, And a service of the righteousness — Keeping quiet and confidence unto the age.
17 The work of righteousness will be peace, and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.
18 And dwelt hath My people in a peaceful habitation, And in stedfast tabernacles, And in quiet resting-places.
18 My people will live in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings, 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.
19 though hail flattens the forest, and the city is leveled completely.
20 Happy [are] ye sowing by all waters, Sending forth the foot of the ox and the ass!
20 Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey.
Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 9:6–7; Hebrews 1:8–9; Jeremiah 33:15; Revelation 19:11; 2 Samuel 23:3
- 2 Isaiah 25:4; Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 44:3; Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 43:20
- 3 Isaiah 29:18; Isaiah 35:5–6; Acts 26:18; 2 Corinthians 4:6; 1 John 2:20–21
- 4 Isaiah 29:24; Luke 21:14–15; Matthew 16:17; Nehemiah 8:8–12; Matthew 11:25
- 5 Isaiah 5:20; Psalm 15:4; Malachi 3:18; Proverbs 23:6–8; 1 Samuel 25:3–8
- 6 Matthew 15:19; Isaiah 3:15; Matthew 23:13; Acts 8:21–22; Acts 5:3–4
- 7 Jeremiah 5:26–28; Acts 6:11–13; Psalm 64:4–6; Isaiah 5:23; Matthew 26:59–60
- 8 2 Samuel 9:1–13; Acts 11:29–30; Proverbs 11:24–25
- 9 Isaiah 28:23; Isaiah 3:16; Matthew 13:9; Amos 6:1–6; Jeremiah 48:11–12
- 10 Isaiah 7:23; Jeremiah 8:13; Hosea 3:4; Jeremiah 25:10–11; Hosea 2:12
- 11 Isaiah 3:24; Isaiah 20:4; Jeremiah 6:26; Hosea 2:3; Isaiah 33:14
- 12 Deuteronomy 8:7–8; Deuteronomy 11:11–12; Ezekiel 20:15; Lamentations 2:11; Lamentations 4:3–4
- 13 Hosea 9:6; Isaiah 22:2; Isaiah 34:13; Isaiah 7:23; Revelation 18:7–8
- 14 Isaiah 24:12; Isaiah 27:10; Isaiah 25:2; Isaiah 24:10; Psalm 104:11
- 15 Isaiah 29:17; Ezekiel 39:29; Isaiah 44:3; Titus 3:5–6; Luke 24:49
- 16 1 Corinthians 6:9–11; Isaiah 60:21; 1 Peter 2:9–12; Psalm 94:14–15; Isaiah 42:4
- 17 Isaiah 26:3; Psalm 119:165; James 3:17–18; Romans 14:17; Psalm 85:8
- 18 Zechariah 2:5; Hosea 2:18–23; Jeremiah 33:16; Ezekiel 34:25–26; Isaiah 35:9–10
- 19 Isaiah 28:17; Isaiah 28:2; Isaiah 30:30; Isaiah 26:5; Zechariah 11:2
- 20 Ecclesiastes 11:1; Isaiah 30:23–24; Isaiah 55:10–11; Acts 2:41; 1 Corinthians 3:6
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