Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
Behold, a king will
reign in righteousness, and princes will
rule with
justice
.
Behold, a king shall
reign in righteousness, and princes shall
rule in
judgment
.
Each
will
be
like
a shelter
from the wind, a refuge
from the storm,
like
streams
of water in a dry land
, like
the shadow of a great rock in an
arid
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.
Then
the eyes of those
who
see will
no
longer
be closed
, and the ears of those
who
hear will
listen
.
And
the eyes of them
that
see shall
not
be dim
, and the ears of them
that
hear shall
hearken
.
The mind
of the rash will
know
and
understand, and the stammering
tongue will
speak clearly
and
fluently
.
The heart
also
of the rash shall
understand knowledge
, and the tongue of
the
stammerers
shall
be
ready
to
speak plainly
.
No
longer
will
a
fool
be called noble
, nor a
scoundrel
be respected
.
The
vile
person
shall
be no
more
called liberal
, nor the
churl
said
to
be bountiful
.
For a
fool
speaks
foolishness;
his mind
plots
iniquity .
He
practices
ungodliness
and speaks
falsely
about
the LORD ;
he
leaves
the hungry empty
and deprives
the thirsty
of
drink.
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 weapons
of the scoundrel
are destructive;
he hatches
plots
to destroy the poor with lies
, even when the plea
of
the
needy is
just
.
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
.
But a
noble
man
makes
honorable
plans
; he stands
up
for
worthy
causes
.
But the
liberal
deviseth
liberal
things
; and
by
liberal
things
shall
he stand
.
Stand
up, you
complacent
women; listen
to
me.
Give
ear
to
my word
, you
overconfident
daughters.
Rise
up, ye
women that
are
at
ease
; hear
my voice
, ye
careless
daughters ;
give
ear
unto
my
speech
.
In
a
little
more
than
a
year
you
will
tremble
, O
secure
ones.
For the grape
harvest
will
fail and
the fruit
harvest
will
not arrive
.
Many
days
and
years
shall
ye
be
troubled
, ye
careless
women:
for the vintage
shall
fail ,
the gathering
shall
not come
.
Shudder
, you
ladies
of
leisure
; tremble
, you
daughters
of
complacency.
Strip yourselves
bare and put
sackcloth around
your waists
.
Tremble
, ye
women
that
are
at
ease
; be
troubled
, ye
careless
ones:
strip you,
and
make
you
bare ,
and gird
sackcloth upon
your loins
.
Beat
your
breasts
for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,
They
shall
lament
for the teats,
for
the
pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
and
for
the land of my people ,
overgrown
with
thorns and briers —
even
for
every
house
of merriment
in this
city of
revelry.
Upon
the land of my people shall
come
up
thorns and briers ;
yea,
upon
all
the
houses
of joy
in the
joyous
city :
For
the palace
will
be forsaken ,
the busy
city abandoned.
The hill
and the
watchtower
will
become
caves
forever—
the
delight
of wild donkeys
and
a pasture for
flocks —
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 ;
until the Spirit is
poured out
upon us from on high .
Then
the desert
will
be an
orchard
, and the orchard
will
seem
like
a forest.
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.
Then justice
will
inhabit
the wilderness, and righteousness will
dwell
in the fertile
field.
Then judgment
shall
dwell
in
the wilderness, and righteousness remain
in the fruitful
field.
The work of righteousness will
be peace; the service
of righteousness will
be
quiet
confidence
forever
.
And
the work of righteousness shall
be peace; and
the effect
of righteousness quietness
and
assurance
for
ever
.
Then
my people will
dwell in a peaceful
place
, in safe
and secure
places of
rest.
And
my people shall
dwell in a peaceable
habitation
, and
in sure
dwellings,
and in
quiet
resting
places ;
But
hail will
level
the forest ,
and the city will
sink
to
the
depths
.
When
it
shall
hail ,
coming
down
on
the forest ;
and the city shall
be
low
in
a
low
place
.
Blessed are those
who
sow beside abundant
waters, who
let
the ox and donkey
range
freely
.
Blessed are ye
that
sow beside all
waters, that
send
forth
thither
the feet
of
the
ox and the
ass
.
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