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Isaiah 32:7
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The scoundrel’s weapons are destructive;he hatches plots to destroy the needy with lies,even when the poor person says what is right.
The instruments of the churl are evil: he devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.
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.
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.
As for a rogue, his weapons are evil; He devises wicked schemes To destroy the poor with slander, Even though the needy one speaks what is right.
The wicked person uses evil like a tool. He plans ways to take everything from the poor. He destroys the poor with lies, even when the poor person is in the right.
As for the rogue, his weapons are evil; He conceives wicked plans To ruin the poor with lies, Even when the plea of the needy one is just and right.
The instruments of the churl are evil: he devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.
For the weapons of the churle are wicked: hee deuiseth wicked counsels, to vndoe the poore with lying words: and to speake against the poore in iudgement.
As for a rogue, his weapons are evil;He counsels wicked schemesTo wreak destruction on the afflicted with lying words,Even though the needy one speaks justly.
The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
The mean person's means are mean — he devises wicked devices to ruin the poor and needy with lies, even when their cause is just.
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
They use evil like a tool and plan ways to steal from the poor. They tell lies about the poor and keep them from being judged fairly.
The instruments of the vain person are evil; he devises wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the testimony of the needy is right.
A stupid person is evil and does evil things; he plots to ruin the poor with lies and to keep them from getting their rights.
And a scoundrel, his weapons are evil; he plans evil devices to ruin the poor with words of deception even when the speech of the needy is right.
And the weapons of the miser are evil; he devises wicked plots to destroy the poor with lying words, even the needy when he speaks right.
These are the perlous weapons of the cuvetous, these be his shameful councels: that he maye begyle the poore with disceatful workes, yee euen there as he shulde geue sentence with the poore.
And the instruments of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
The designs of the false are evil, purposing the destruction of the poor man by false words, even when he is in the right.
The instruments also of the churl are evil; he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, and the needy when he speaketh right.
The instruments also of the churle are euill: he deuiseth wicked deuices, to destroy the poore with lying wordes, euen when the needie speaketh right.
The weapons of the churlishe are euyll, he deuiseth noysome deuises, that he may beguyle the poore with deceiptfull wordes, yea euen there as he should geue sentence with the poore.
For the counsel of the wicked will devise iniquity, to destroy the poor with unjust words, and ruin the cause of the poor in judgement.
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
The vessels of a gileful man ben worste; for he schal make redi thouytis to leese mylde men in the word of a leesyng, whanne a pore man spak doom.
And the instruments of the churl are evil: he devises wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.
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.
A deceiver's methods are evil; he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right.
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.
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.
The ways of the bad man are sinful. He makes sinful plans to destroy the suffering with lies, even when the one in need asks for what is right.
The villainies of villains are evil; they devise wicked devices to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right.
Yea, a knave, his weapons are wicked, - He, base schemes, hath devised To ruin the oppressed with speeches of falsehood Even when the needy pleadeth, for justice.
The vessels of the deceitful are most wicked: for he hath framed devices to destroy the meek, with lying words, when the poor man speaketh judgment.
The knaveries of the knave are evil; he devises wicked devices to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right.
And the miser -- his instruments [are] evil, He hath counselled wicked devices, To corrupt the poor with lying sayings, Even when the needy speaketh justly.
As for a rogue, his weapons are evil; He devises wicked schemes To destroy the afflicted with slander, Even though the needy one speaks what is right.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
instruments: Isaiah 1:23, Isaiah 5:23, Jeremiah 5:26-28, Micah 2:11, Micah 7:3, Matthew 26:14-16, Matthew 26:59, Matthew 26:60
deviseth: Psalms 10:7-10, Psalms 64:4-6, Psalms 82:2-5, Jeremiah 18:18, Micah 7:2, Matthew 26:4
lying: Isaiah 59:3, Isaiah 59:4, 1 Kings 21:10-14, Acts 6:11-13
the needy speaketh right: or, he speaketh against the poor in judgment
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 25:10 - Who is David 2 Kings 1:11 - O man Psalms 10:9 - when Proverbs 6:14 - he deviseth Proverbs 11:17 - merciful Proverbs 14:17 - a man Proverbs 14:22 - err Proverbs 24:8 - General Proverbs 30:14 - to devour Isaiah 9:17 - every mouth Jeremiah 11:19 - and I Daniel 12:10 - but the wicked Amos 8:4 - swallow
Cross-References
Jacob told them to say to Esau, "Master, I am your servant! I have lived with Laban all this time,
and now I own cattle, donkeys, and sheep, as well as many slaves. Master, I am sending these messengers in the hope that you will be kind to me."
He thought, "If Esau attacks one group, perhaps the other can escape."
I don't deserve all the good things you have done for me, your servant. When I first crossed the Jordan, I had only my walking stick, but now I have two large groups of people and animals.
Please rescue me from my brother. I am afraid he will come and attack not only me, but my wives and children as well.
Afterwards, we'll go to Bethel. I will build an altar there for God, who answered my prayers when I was in trouble and who has always been at my side.
When the Israelites saw the king coming with his army, they were frightened and begged the Lord for help.
I hear the crowds whisper, "Everyone is afraid!" They are plotting and scheming to murder me.
I feel hopeless, and I cry out to you from a faraway land. Lead me to the mighty rock high above me.
You were in serious trouble, but you prayed to the Lord , and he rescued you.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The instruments also of the churl [are] evil,.... Not his [vessels] or measures he sells by, which are small and deficient, as Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it; nor his servants, his tools in doing his wickedness, which are fit for his purpose, wicked men; but rather these are much the same with "the instruments of the foolish shepherd", Zechariah 11:15 and may signify the evil ways and methods which covetous pastors or shepherds take to fleece the flock, and to increase their own gain:
he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right; he consults, contrives, and forms schemes with all craft and cunning, on purpose, to corrupt, as the word h signifies, the poor and meek, humble and afflicted souls, with false doctrines; even when these poor and needy ones, who want to have sound and comfortable doctrine delivered to them, speak and ask for that which is right and just, agreeably to the oracles of God, and the analogy of faith, but can not have it; wherefore such a man is unfit to be a ruler in the house of God.
h ×××× ×¢× ××× ××××¨× ×©×§×¨ "ad corrumpendum afflictos in eloquiis falsitaits", Montanus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The instruments also - In the Hebrew here there is a paronomasia which cannot be imitated in a translation. The word âinstrumentsâ 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 any unprincipled means, any wicked plan or device, to accomplish his purpose. âWith lying words.â With false representations; or with deceitful promises and assurances. His aim would be particularly directed to the poor and humble, as more easily deprived of their rights than the rich and powerful. It was also of greater importance to defend the rights of the poor, and therefore the prophet says that such a person should not be in the employ of a just and virtuous ruler.
Even when the needy speaketh right - That is, although the cause of the needy is one of truth and equity. When this would be manifest, the unprincipled man in power would deprive him of his rights, and, therefore, under a wise and virtuous administration, such a person should not be employed.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Isaiah 32:7. The 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 ×××× ×××× vechelai kelaiv. The first word is expressed with some variety in the MSS. Seven MSS. read ××××× vekili, one ××× vechol, another ××××× vecoli.
To destroy the poor with lying words - "To defeat the assertions of the poor in judgment"] A word seems to have been lost here, and two others to have suffered a small alteration, which has made the sentence very obscure. The Septuagint have happily retained the rendering of the lost word, and restored the sentence in all its parts: Îαι διαÏκεδαÏαι Î»Î¿Î³Î¿Ï Ï ÏαÏεινÏν εν κÏιÏειΠ×××פר ×××¨× ××××× ×××©×¤× ulehapher dibrey ebyon bemishpat, "And disperse the words of the poor in judgment." They frequently render the verb ×פר haphar by διαÏκεδαÏαι, A MS. reads ××××ר uledabber, which gives authority for the preposition × lamed, to, necessary to the sense, and the Septuagint, Syriac, and Chaldee read ×××©×¤× bemishpat, IN judgment.
