Isaiah 32:8
6 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.
7 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.
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
- KJV
- But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
- WEB
- But the noble devises noble things, and he will continue in noble things.
- ASV
- But the noble deviseth noble things; and in noble things shall he continue.
- DARBY
- But the noble deviseth noble things; and to noble things doth he stand.
- BLB
- And a noble counsels noble [things], and he for noble things will stand.
- ÅB
- Men den edle har edle tanker, og han blir fast ved det som er edelt.
- OTB
- Men den edle personen legger edle planer, og ved edle gjerninger står han fast.
- B1930
- Men den edle har edle tanker, og han blir fast ved det som er edelt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 9:1–13
And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?
Read in contextActs 11:29–30
Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judæa:
Read in contextProverbs 11:24–25
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
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