Verse 7

Isaiah 32:7

Young's Literal Translation

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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/כֵלַ֖י כֵּלָ֣י/ו רָעִ֑ים ה֚וּא זִמּ֣וֹת יָעָ֔ץ לְ/חַבֵּ֤ל ענוים עֲנִיִּים֙ בְּ/אִמְרֵי שֶׁ֔קֶר וּ/בְ/דַבֵּ֥ר אֶבְי֖וֹן מִשְׁפָּֽט
English Translation
And the instruments of evildoers are schemes to oppress the humble and the needy with false words and to speak judgment against the poor.
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Chapter 32 Context
1 Lo, for righteousness doth a king reign, As to princes, for judgment they rule. Focus ↗
2 And each hath been as a hiding-place [from] wind, And as a secret hiding-place [from] inundation, As... Focus ↗
3 And not dazzled are the eyes of beholders, And the ears of hearers do attend. Focus ↗
4 And the heart of those hastened Understandeth to know, And the tongue of stammerers hasteth to speak... Focus ↗
5 A fool is no more called 'noble,' And to a miser it is not said, 'rich;' Focus ↗
6 For a fool speaketh folly, And his heart doth iniquity, to do profanity, And to speak concerning Jeh... Focus ↗
7 And the miser -- his instruments [are] evil, He hath counselled wicked devices, To corrupt the poor...
8 And the noble counselled noble things, And he for noble things riseth up. Focus ↗
9 Women, easy ones, rise, hear my voice, Daughters, confident ones, give ear [to] my saying, Focus ↗
10 Days and a year ye are troubled, O confident ones, For consumed hath been harvest, The gathering com... Focus ↗
11 Tremble ye women, ye easy ones, Be troubled, ye confident ones, Strip and make bare, with a girdle o... Focus ↗
12 For breasts they are lamenting, For fields of desire, for the fruitful vine. Focus ↗
13 Over the ground of my people thorn -- brier goeth up, Surely over all houses of joy of the exulting... Focus ↗
14 Surely the palace hath been left, The multitude of the city forsaken, Fort and watch-tower hath been... Focus ↗
15 Till emptied out on us is the Spirit from on high, And a wilderness hath become a fruitful field, An... Focus ↗
16 And dwelt in the wilderness hath judgment, And righteousness in the fruitful field remaineth. Focus ↗
17 And a work of the righteousness hath been peace, And a service of the righteousness -- Keeping quiet... Focus ↗
18 And dwelt hath My people in a peaceful habitation, And in stedfast tabernacles, And in quiet resting... Focus ↗
19 And it hath hailed in the going down of the forest, And in the valley is the city low. Focus ↗
20 Happy [are] ye sowing by all waters, Sending forth the foot of the ox and the ass! Focus ↗