King James Version
Isaiah 32:20 in the King James Version says “Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.”
Isaiah 32:20 · KJV
And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. low in: or, utterly abased
Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Blessed”
H835happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“that send forth”
H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
“thither the feet”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
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