English Standard Version
Isaiah 32:20
20Happy are you who sow beside all waters, who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.
Isaiah 32:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
- New International Version (NIV)how blessed you will be, sowing your seed by every stream, and letting your cattle and donkeys range free.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, Who send out freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.
- New Living Translation (NLT)the Lord will greatly bless his people. Wherever they plant seed, bountiful crops will spring up. Their cattle and donkeys will graze freely.
Context of Isaiah 32:20
18My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places. 19And it will hail when the forest falls down, and the city will be utterly laid low. Happy are you who sow beside all waters, who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.
Read all of Isaiah 32Isaiah 32:20 word by word
אַשְׁרֵיכֶ֕ם זֹרְעֵ֖י עַל־כָּל־מָ֑יִם מְשַׁלְּחֵ֥י רֶֽגֶל־הַשּׁ֖וֹר וְהַחֲמֽוֹר׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 32:20
- Isaiah 19:5And the waters of the sea will be dried up, and the river will be dry and parched,
- Isaiah 30:23And he will give rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and bread, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous. In that day your livestock will graze in large pastures,
- Isaiah 55:10"For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
- Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.
- Acts 2:41So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.
- Acts 4:4But many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
- Acts 5:14And more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,
- 1 Corinthians 3:6I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.
- James 3:18And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
- Isaiah 30:24and the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork.
- 1 Corinthians 9:9For it is written in the Law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain." Is it for oxen that God is concerned?
Commentaries on Isaiah 32:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20That sow beside all waters "Who sow your seed in every well-watered place" - Sir John Chardin's note on this place is: "This exactly answers the manner of planting rice; for they sow it upon the water, and before sowing, while the earth is covered with water, they cause the ground to be trodden by oxen, horses, and asses, who go mid-leg deep; and this is the way of preparing the ground for sowing. As they sow the rice on the water, they transplant it in…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Blessed are ye - The sense of this verse is, that while the enemies of the Jews would be overthrown, they themselves would be permitted to cultivate their lands in security. Instead of predicting this directly, the prophet implies that this would occur, by declaring that those who were permitted to do this were happy. That sow beside all waters - Hebrew, Upon (על ‛al ) all waters.‘ This may mean that they selected places near running streams as being most…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-20Verses 9-20 When there was so much provocation given to the holy God, bad times might be expected. Alas! how many careless ones there are, who support self-indulgence by shameful niggardliness! We deserve to be deprived of the supports of life, when we make them the food of lusts. Let such tremble and be troubled. Blessed times shall be brought in by the pouring out of the Spirit from on high; then, and not till then, there will be good times. The present…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-209-20. Address to the women of Jerusalem who troubled themselves little about the political signs of the times, but lived a life of self-indulgence (Is 3:16-23); the failure of food through the devastations of the enemy is here foretold, being what was most likely to affect them as mothers of families, heretofore accustomed to every luxury. Vitringa understands "women--daughters" as the cities and villages of Judea (Eze 16:1-63). See Am 6:1.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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