Isaiah 32:7

Isaiah 32:7 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Scoundrels use wicked methods, they make up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also the schemes of the schemer are evil; He devises wicked plans To destroy the poor with lying words, Even when the needy speaks justice.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The smooth tricks of scoundrels are evil. They plot crooked schemes. They lie to convict the poor, even when the cause of the poor is just.

Context of Isaiah 32:7

5The fool will no more be called noble, nor the scoundrel said to be honorable. 6For the fool speaks folly, and his heart is busy with iniquity, to practice ungodliness, to utter error concerning the Lord, to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied, and to deprive the thirsty of drink. As for the scoundrel—his devices are evil; he plans wicked schemes to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right. 8But he who is noble plans noble things, and on noble things he stands. 9Rise up, you women who are at ease, hear my voice; you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.

Isaiah 32:7 word by word

וְכֵלַ֖י כֵּלָ֣יו רָעִ֑ים ה֚וּא זִמּ֣וֹת יָעָ֔ץ לְחַבֵּ֤ל עֲנִיִּים֙ בְּאִמְרֵי־שֶׁ֔קֶר וּבְדַבֵּ֥ר אֶבְי֖וֹן מִשְׁפָּֽט׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The instrumentsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• also of the churlכִּילַיkîylay kêlay · rogueH3596
• evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• he devisethיָעַץyâ‛ats · to adviseH3289
• wicked devicesזִמָּהzimmâh zammâh · wickednessH2154
• to destroyחָבַלchâbal · to destroyH2254
• the poorעָנָו‛ânâv ‛ânâyv · poorH6035
• the poorעָנִי‛ânîy · afflictedH6041
• with lyingשֶׁ֫קֶרsheqer · deceptionH8267
• wordsאֵמֶר'êmer · wordH561
• even when the needyאֶבְיוֹן'ebyôn · needyH34
• speakethדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• rightמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941

Cross-references for Isaiah 32:7

• Isaiah 1:23Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not bring justice to the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them.
• Isaiah 5:23who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!
• Jeremiah 5:26For wicked men are found among my people; they lurk like fowlers lying in wait. They set a trap; they catch men.
• Micah 2:11If a man should go about and utter wind and lies, saying, "I will preach to you of wine and strong drink," he would be the preacher for this people!
• Micah 7:3Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together.
• Matthew 26:14Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
• Psalms 10:7His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
• Psalms 64:4shooting from ambush at the blameless, shooting at him suddenly and without fear.
• Psalms 82:2"How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
• Jeremiah 18:18Then they said, "Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words."
• Micah 7:2The godly has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among mankind; they all lie in wait for blood, and each hunts the other with a net.
• Matthew 26:4and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
• Isaiah 59:3For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies; your tongue mutters wickedness.
• 1 Kings 21:10And set two worthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, 'You have cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death."
• Acts 6:11Then they secretly instigated men who said, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."

Commentaries on Isaiah 32:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The instruments also of the churl are evil "As for the niggard, his instruments are evil" - His machinations, his designs. The paronomasia, which the prophet frequently deals in, suggested this expression כליו וכלי vechelai kelaiv . The first word is expressed with some variety in the MSS. Seven MSS. read וכילי vekili, one וכל vechol, another וכולי vecoli . To destroy the poor with lying words "To defeat the assertions of the poor in judgment" - A word…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The instruments also - In the Hebrew here there is a paronomasia which cannot be imitated in a translation. The word instruments‘ here denotes evidently the means by which the churl accomplishes his object; whether it be by words, by judicial decisions, or by crafty devices. This is also a kind of proverbial expression, and is given as a further reason why such a person would not be employed by a wise and virtuous prince. Are evil - He will make use of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7weapons … plots: See Proverbs 6:12, 18; 16:27; 24:8–9.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. churl--"the fraudulent"; this verse refers to the last clause of Is 32:5; as Is 32:6 referred to its first clause. speaketh right--pleadeth a just cause (Is 29:21); spiritually, "the poor man's cause" is the divine doctrine, his rule of faith and practice.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 32:7

• Church
• Dishonesty
• Falsehood
• Poor
• Speaking
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Churl
• Reign
• Grace
• Isaiah
• Poor
• Salvation

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