ISAIAH 32:1

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.”

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Isaiah 32:1 Translation & Meaning

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Behold, הֵ֥ן Lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if Behold
a king מֶ֑לֶךְ A king king
shall reign יִמְלָךְ To reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty reign
in righteousness, לְצֶ֖דֶק The right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity righteousness
and princes וּלְשָׂרִ֖ים A head person (of any rank or class) princes
shall rule יָשֹֽׂרוּ׃ To have (transitively, exercise; reflexively, get) dominion rule
in judgment. לְמִשְׁפָּ֥ט Properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style judgment

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  • 1  Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.

  • 2  And a man shall be as an 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.




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