New English Translation
Isaiah 32:20
20you will be blessed, you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, you who let your ox and donkey graze.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Happy are you who sow beside all waters, who let the feet of the ox and the donkey 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.
Context of Isaiah 32:20
18My people will live in peaceful settlements, in secure homes, and in safe, quiet places. 19Even if the forest is destroyed and the city is annihilated, you will be blessed, you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, you who let your ox and donkey graze.
Read all of Isaiah 32Isaiah 32:20 word by word
אַשְׁרֵיכֶ֕ם זֹרְעֵ֖י עַל־כָּל־מָ֑יִם מְשַׁלְּחֵ֥י רֶֽגֶל־הַשּׁ֖וֹר וְהַחֲמֽוֹר׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 32:20
- Isaiah 19:5The water of the sea will be dried up, and the river will dry up and be empty.
- Isaiah 30:23He will water the seed you plant in the ground, and the ground will produce crops in abundance. At that time your cattle will graze in wide pastures.
- Isaiah 55:10The rain and snow fall from the sky and do not return, but instead water the earth and make it produce and yield crops, and provide seed for the planter and food for those who must eat.
- Ecclesiastes 11:1Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return.
- Acts 2:41So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added.
- Acts 4:4But many of those who had listened to the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
- Acts 5:14More and more believers in the Lord were added to their number, crowds of both men and women.
- 1 Corinthians 3:6I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow.
- James 3:18And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.
- Isaiah 30:24The oxen and donkeys used in plowing will eat seasoned feed winnowed with a shovel and pitchfork.
- 1 Corinthians 9:9For it is written in the law of Moses, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?
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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