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Isaiah 32:20
20the Lord will greatly bless his people. Wherever they plant seed, bountiful crops will spring up. Their cattle and donkeys will graze freely.
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 safety, quietly at home. They will be at rest. 19Even if the forest should be destroyed and the city torn down, the Lord will greatly bless his people. Wherever they plant seed, bountiful crops will spring up. Their cattle and donkeys will graze freely.
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 waters of the Nile will fail to rise and flood the fields. The riverbed will be parched and dry.
- Isaiah 30:23Then the Lord will bless you with rain at planting time. There will be wonderful harvests and plenty of pastureland for your livestock.
- Isaiah 55:10“The rain and snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the earth. They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry.
- Ecclesiastes 11:1Send your grain across the seas, and in time, profits will flow back to you.
- Acts 2:41Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church that day—about 3,000 in all.
- Acts 4:4But many of the people who heard their message believed it, so the number of men who believed now totaled about 5,000.
- Acts 5:14Yet more and more people believed and were brought to the Lord—crowds of both men and women.
- 1 Corinthians 3:6I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow.
- James 3:18And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness.
- Isaiah 30:24The oxen and donkeys that till the ground will eat good grain, its chaff blown away by the wind.
- 1 Corinthians 9:9For the law of Moses says, “You must not muzzle an ox to keep it from eating as it treads out the grain.” Was God thinking only about oxen when he said this?
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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