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Isaiah 32:1

Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Salvation;   Wicked (People);   Scofield Reference Index - Kingdom of Heaven;   Thompson Chain Reference - King;   Kingship, Divine;   Sovereignty of God;   The Topic Concordance - Government;   Jesus Christ;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Christ, the King;   Righteousness;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Prophecy, prophet;   Rock;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Judges, the Book of;   Manasseh (2);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Remnant;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Isaiah, Book of;   King;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Messiah;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Rain;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Grace;   Hezekiah (2);   Isaiah;   Jesus Christ (Part 1 of 2);   King, Christ as;   Prince;   Reign;   Salvation;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Proverbs, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Indeed, a king will reign righteously,
Hebrew Names Version
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.
King James Version
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
English Standard Version
Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice.
New American Standard Bible
Behold, a king will reign righteously, And officials will rule justly.
New Century Version
A king will rule in a way that brings justice, and leaders will make fair decisions.
Amplified Bible
Behold, a King will reign in righteousness, And princes will rule with justice.
World English Bible
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Beholde, a King shall reigne in iustice, and the princes shall rule in iudgement.
Legacy Standard Bible
Behold, a king will reign righteouslyAnd princes will rule justly.
Contemporary English Version
A king and his leaders will rule with justice.
Complete Jewish Bible
There is coming a king who will reign justly and princes who will rule uprightly.
Darby Translation
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
Easy-to-Read Version
Listen to what I say! A king should rule in a way that brings justice. Leaders should make fair decisions when they lead the people.
George Lamsa Translation
BEHOLD, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.
Good News Translation
Some day there will be a king who rules with integrity, and national leaders who govern with justice.
Lexham English Bible
See, a king will rule according to righteousness, and princes will rule according to justice.
Literal Translation
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and rulers shall rule in judgment.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Beholde, the kinge shal gouerne after ye rule of rightuousnes, and ye princes shal rule acordinge to the balaunce of equite.
American Standard Version
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.
Bible in Basic English
See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and as for princes, they shall rule in justice.
King James Version (1611)
Behold, a King shal reigne in righteousnes, and princes shal rule in iudgement.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Beholde, a kyng shall gouerne after the rule of righteousnesse, and the princes shall rule according to the ballaunce of equitie.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For, behold, a righteous king shall reign, and princes shall govern with judgement.
English Revised Version
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lo! the kyng schal regne in riytfulnesse, and princes schulen be souereyns in doom.
Update Bible Version
Look, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.
Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
New English Translation
Look, a king will promote fairness; officials will promote justice.
New King James Version
Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, And princes will rule with justice.
New Living Translation
Look, a righteous king is coming! And honest princes will rule under him.
New Life Bible
See, a king will rule by what is right and good and princes will be fair.
New Revised Standard
See, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Lo! in righteousness, shall reign a king, Yea even princes, with equity, shall bear rule.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold a king shall reign in justice, and princes shall rule in judgment.
Revised Standard Version
Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice.
Young's Literal Translation
Lo, for righteousness doth a king reign, As to princes, for judgment they rule.
THE MESSAGE
But look! A king will rule in the right way, and his leaders will carry out justice. Each one will stand as a shelter from high winds, provide safe cover in stormy weather. Each will be cool running water in parched land, a huge granite outcrop giving shade in the desert. Anyone who looks will see, anyone who listens will hear. The impulsive will make sound decisions, the tongue-tied will speak with eloquence. No more will fools become celebrities, nor crooks be rewarded with fame. For fools are fools and that's that, thinking up new ways to do mischief. They leave a wake of wrecked lives and lies about God , Turning their backs on the homeless hungry, ignoring those dying of thirst in the streets. And the crooks? Underhanded sneaks they are, inventive in sin and scandal, Exploiting the poor with scams and lies, unmoved by the victimized poor. But those who are noble make noble plans, and stand for what is noble.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Behold, a king will reign righteously And princes will rule justly.

Contextual Overview

1Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.2Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, and the shadow of a great rock in an arid land. 3Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen. 4The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently. 5No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel said to be important. 6For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink. 7The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just. 8But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

king: Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 9:7, Isaiah 40:1-5, 2 Samuel 23:3, 2 Chronicles 31:20, 2 Chronicles 31:21, Psalms 45:1, Psalms 45:6, Psalms 45:7, Psalms 72:1, Psalms 72:2, Psalms 99:4, Jeremiah 23:5, Jeremiah 23:6, Jeremiah 33:15, Hosea 3:5, Zechariah 9:9, Romans 5:21, Hebrews 1:8, Hebrews 1:9, Revelation 19:11

princes: Isaiah 28:6, Revelation 17:14

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 25:1 - General 1 Samuel 2:10 - he shall 1 Kings 10:9 - to do 1 Chronicles 18:14 - executed 2 Chronicles 9:8 - to do judgment 2 Chronicles 19:9 - in the fear Psalms 58:1 - Do Proverbs 8:15 - decree Proverbs 16:10 - A divine sentence Proverbs 20:8 - General Proverbs 29:2 - the righteous Proverbs 31:9 - General Isaiah 1:26 - And I will Isaiah 11:4 - But with Isaiah 16:5 - judging Isaiah 33:5 - he hath Isaiah 33:17 - eyes Isaiah 42:6 - called Isaiah 60:17 - make Jeremiah 33:14 - General Ezekiel 45:8 - and my princes Ezekiel 46:18 - the prince Hosea 14:7 - that Zechariah 6:12 - behold Zechariah 12:5 - the governors Matthew 2:2 - born Matthew 25:34 - the King John 8:16 - yet Ephesians 1:12 - who Hebrews 6:18 - who Hebrews 7:2 - King of righteousness Revelation 15:3 - thou

Cross-References

Genesis 32:16
He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, "Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds."
Genesis 32:17
He instructed the one in the lead, "When my brother Esau meets you and asks, 'To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?'
Psalms 34:7
The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
Psalms 91:11
For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
1 Corinthians 3:22
whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
Ephesians 3:10
His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
Hebrews 1:4
So He became as far superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is excellent beyond theirs.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, a King shall reign in righteousness,.... Not Hezekiah, as the Jewish writers; at least only as a type, as some writers interpret it; rather Christ himself, who is "King" not only of the whole world, and of the kings of it in general, but in particular is King of saints; and who "reigns" now in and over his church and people, being set as King by his Father over his holy hill of Zion, and, being exalted at his right hand, is made and declared Lord and Christ; and where he does and will reign until all enemies are put under his feet, and ere long will reign gloriously before his ancients in Jerusalem, Isaiah 24:23 and his reign is "in righteousness"; in a righteous manner, according to the rules of justice and equity: all his laws are just; his ways and methods of administration are right; his sceptre is a sceptre of righteousness: righteousness is the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins:

and princes shall rule in judgment: the ministers of the Gospel, pastors of churches, who are set over them in the Lord, and have the rule over them; and who rule well, and in judgment, when they rule according to the word of God; when they preach the Gospel, and administer ordinances, and do all the business of Christ's house, according to the instructions, laws, and rules he has given.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, a king - That is, Hezekiah. That it refers to him is apparent from the connection. The reign of Ahaz had been one of oppression and idolatry. This was to be succeeded by the reign of one under whom the rights of the people would be secured, and under whom there would be a state of general prosperity. This may have been uttered while Ahaz was on the throne, or it may have been when Hezekiah began to reign. Perhaps the latter is the more probable, as Ahaz might not have tolerated anything that would have looked like a reflection on his own reign; nor, perhaps, while he was on the throne would Isaiah have given a description that would have been a contrast between his reign and that of his successor.

Shall reign in righteousness - That is, a righteous king shall reign; or his administration shall be one of justice, and strongly in contrast with that of his predecessor. This was certainly the general characteristic of the reign of Hezekiah.

And princes shall rule - Hebrew, ‘For princes, or, ‘as to princes’ (לשׂרים les'ârı̂ym). Lowth proposes to read this without the ל (l), as the ancient versions do. But it is not necessary to change the text. It may be rendered, ‘As to princes, they shall rule’ (compare Psalms 16:3). The ‘princes’ here denote the various officers of government, or those to whom the administration was confided.

In judgment - That this is a just description of the reign of Hezekiah is apparent from the history, see 2 Kings 18:3-6 : ‘He removed the high places, and broke the images, and cut down the grove. He trusted in the Lord God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him, for he clave unto the Lord, and departed not from following him.’

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXXII

Prophecy of great prosperity under Hezekiah; but, in its

highest sense, applicable to Christ, 1-8.

Description of impending calamities, 9-14.

Rejection of the Jews, and calling of the Gentiles, 15.

The future prosperity of the Church, 16-20.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXXII

Verse Isaiah 32:1. Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness — If King Hezekiah were a type of Christ, then this prophecy may refer to his time; but otherwise it seems to have Hezekiah primarily in view. It is evident, however, that in the fullest sense these words cannot be applied to any man; GOD alone can do all that is promised here.

And princes — ושרים ve-sarim, without ל lamed, to; so the ancient Versions. An ancient MS. has ושריו vesaraiv, and his princes.


 
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