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Isaiah 32:2

32:1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
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. great: Heb. heavy

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A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.

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.

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.

32:3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

What does Isaiah 32:2 mean?

Isaiah 32:2 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אִישׁ (ʼîysh), מַחֲבֵא (machăbêʼ), רוּחַ (rûwach). It connects to 14 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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And
a
manאִישׁʼîysh/eesh/H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
shall
be
as
an
hiding
placeמַחֲבֵאmachăbêʼ/makh-ab-ay'/H4224a refuge
from
the
wind,רוּחַrûwach/roo'-akh/H7307wind; 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)
and
a
covertסֵתֶרçêther/say'-ther/H5643a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
from
the
tempest;זֶרֶםzerem/zeh'-rem/H2230a gush of water
as
riversפֶּלֶגpeleg/peh'-leg/H6388a rill (i.e. small channel of water, as in irrigation)
of
waterמַיִםmayim/mah'-yim/H4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
in
a
dry
place,צִיוֹןtsîyôwn/tsee-yone'/H6724a desert
as
the
shadowצֵלtsêl/tsale/H6738shade, whether literal or figurative
of
a
greatכָּבֵדkâbêd/kaw-bade'/H3515heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
rockסֶלַעçelaʻ/seh'-lah/H5553a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)
in
a
wearyעָיֵףʻâyêph/aw-yafe'/H5889languid
land.אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
great:
Heb.
heavy

Commentary on Isaiah 32:2

HENRY_FULL · Isaiah 32:2
hi >tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. Solomon here confirms what his father had said ( Ps. xxxvii. 16 ), A little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked. 1. Perhaps a righteous man has no more than what he works hard for; he eats only the labour of his hands, but that labour tends to life; he aims at nothing but to get an honest livelihood, covets not to be rich and great, but is willing to live and maintain his family. Nor does it tend only to his own life, but he would enable himself to do good to others; he labours that he may have to give ( Eph. iv. 28 ); all his business turns to some good account or other. Or it may be meant of his labour in religion; he takes most pains in that which has a tendency to eternal life; he sows to the Spirit, that he may reap life everlasting. 2. Perhaps a wicked man's wealth is fruit which he did not labour for, but came easily by, but it tends to sin. He makes it the food and fuel of his lusts, his pride and luxury; he gets hurt with it and not good; he gets hurt by it and is hardened by it in his wicked ways. The things of this world are good or evil, life or death, as they are used, and as those are that have them. 17 He is in

Cross-references

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1 Samuel 18:21

And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.

1 Samuel 18:22

And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.

1 Samuel 18:29

And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.

2 Samuel 3:27

And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. quietly: or, peaceably

2 Samuel 11:8

And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king. followed: Heb. went out after him

2 Samuel 13:23

And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

2 Samuel 20:9

And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

2 Samuel 20:10

But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri. struck: Heb. doubled not his stroke

Psalms 5:9

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. faithfulness: or, stedfastness their mouth: Heb. his mouth, that is, the mouth of any of them very: Heb. wickednesses

Psalms 12:2

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. a double: Heb. an heart and an heart

Psalms 15:3

He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. taketh: or, receiveth, or, endureth

Psalms 50:20

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

Luke 20:20

And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.

Luke 20:21

And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly: truly: or, of a truth

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 32:2.

Genesis 1:2

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Genesis 24:32

And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him.

Genesis 6:17

And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

Genesis 8:1

And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

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What does Isaiah 32:2 say?

Isaiah 32:2 (King James Version) reads: "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. great: Heb. heavy"

Is Isaiah 32:2 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 32:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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