King James Version
Isaiah 32:8 in the King James Version says “But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. stand: or, be established” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. stand: or, be established”
Isaiah 32:8 · KJV
For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. the needy: or, he speaketh against the poor in judgment
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. stand: or, be established
Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. Many: Heb. Days above a year
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“But the liberal”
H5081properly, voluntary, i.e., generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant)
“But the liberal”
H5081properly, voluntary, i.e., generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant)
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“But the liberal”
H5081properly, voluntary, i.e., generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant)
“shall he stand”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
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