KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Isaiah 32:15 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Until” | עַד | As far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) | Until |
| “the spirit” | ר֖וּחַ | Wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) | spirit |
| “be poured” | יֵ֨עָרֶ֥ה | To be (causatively, make) bare; hence, to empty, pour out, demolish | poured |
| “upon” | עָלֵ֛ינוּ | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | upon |
| “us from on high,” | מִמָּר֑וֹם | Altitude, i.e., concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft) | high |
| “and the wilderness” | מִדְבָּר֙ | A pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); also speech (including its organs) | wilderness |
| “be” | וְהָיָ֤ה | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | be |
| “a fruitful field,” | לַכַּרְמֶ֔ל | A planted field (garden, orchard, vineyard or park); by implication, garden produce | fruitful field |
| “and the fruitful field” | וֲכַּרְמֶ֖ל | A planted field (garden, orchard, vineyard or park); by implication, garden produce | fruitful field |
| “be counted” | יֵחָשֵֽׁב׃ | Properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute | counted |
| “for a forest.” | לַיַּ֥עַר | A copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees) | forest |
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13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
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