Isaiah 32:8

But the noble maketh plans that are noble; 1 and by noble things shall he stand. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

In Context

7The schemes also of the schemer are ra'im (evil ones); 1 he deviseth zimmot (wicked schemes) 1 to destroy the poor with words of sheker, 1 even when the evyon (needy) speaketh mishpat (justly). 1

9Rise up, ye nashim that are complacently at ease; 1 hear my voice, ye banot at ease; 1 give ozen unto my speech. 1

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Cross References

Job 31:16If I have withheld the poor from their chefetz (desire), 1 or have caused the eyes of the almanah to grow weary, 1

Proverbs 11:24There is that which scattereth, and yet increaseth more; 1 and there is that which withholdeth more than is yosher, but it leadeth to machsor (want, need, poverty). 1

Acts 9:39Kefa, getting up, went with them. And when he arrived, they brought him up into the aliyyah (upper story room), and all the almanot stood beside him, weeping and showing the tunics and garments that Tavitha made while she was with them.

2 Corinthians 8:2That during a great ordeal of tzoros, their abundant simcha and the extreme depth of their oni (poverty) abounded to the osher (riches) of their generosity; + 8:2 Ex 36:5; Pp 1:29-30; 1Th 1:6; 2:14; 3:3 4

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 →

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