Isaiah 32:8
But the prince will devise such things as are worthy of a prince, and he shah stand above the rulers.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
In Context
9Rise up, ye rich women, and hear my voice: ye confident daughters, give ear to my speech.
Cross References
Job 31:16If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:
Proverbs 11:24Some distribute their own goods, and grow richer: others take away what is not their own, and are always in want.
Acts 9:39And Peter rising up, went with them. And when he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber. And all the widows stood about him weeping, and shewing him the coats and garments which Dorcas made them.
2 Corinthians 8:2That in much experience of tribulation, they have had abundance of joy; and their very deep poverty hath abounded unto the riches of their simplicity.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 32:2-9
The Reign of Justice. ( b. c. 726.) 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. 2 And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. 3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. 4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. 5 The vile… Read the whole commentary →