Isaiah 32:17

American Standard Version (1901)

And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence for ever.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֛ה מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה הַצְּדָקָ֖ה שָׁל֑וֹם וַֽעֲבֹדַת֙ הַצְּדָקָ֔ה הַשְׁקֵ֥ט וָבֶ֖טַח עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

And-hāyâ maʿăśê the-ṣədāqâ šālôm and-ʿăbōdat the-ṣədāqâ šāqaṭ and-beṭaḥ until-ʿôlām.

Grammar Details

• *hāyâ*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - then will be
• *maʿăśê*: masculine singular construct - work, deed
• *ṣədāqâ*: feminine singular noun - righteousness
• *šālôm*: masculine singular noun - peace, completeness
• *ʿăbōdat*: feminine singular construct - service, labor
• *šāqaṭ*: masculine singular noun - quietness, tranquility
• *beṭaḥ*: masculine singular noun - security, safety
• *ʿôlām*: masculine singular noun - forever, eternity

Word Meanings

• *hāyâ*: to be/become/happen
• *maʿăśê*: work of/deed of/action of
• *ṣədāqâ*: righteousness/rightness/justice
• *šālôm*: peace/completeness/welfare
• *ʿăbōdat*: service of/labor of/work of
• *šāqaṭ*: quietness/tranquility/rest
• *beṭaḥ*: security/safety/confidence
• *ʿôlām*: forever/eternity/perpetuity

Referenced Verses

• Ps 119:165 : 165 Great peace have they that love thy law; And they have no occasion of stumbling.
• Ps 85:8 : 8 I will hear what God Jehovah will speak; For he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: But let them not turn again to folly.
• Rom 14:17 : 17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
• Phil 4:6-9 : 6 In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus. 8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. 9 The things which ye both learned and received and heard and saw in me, these things do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
• Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.
• 2 Pet 1:10-11 : 10 Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble: 11 for thus shall be richly supplied unto you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
• Isa 26:3 : 3 Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee] ; because he trusteth in thee.
• Isa 2:3-4 : 3 And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth [ the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem. 4 And he will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
• 1 John 3:18-24 : 18 [ My] Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth. 19 Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him: 20 because if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God; 22 and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight. 23 And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he gave us commandment. 24 And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
• 1 John 4:17 : 17 Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.
• Heb 6:11 : 11 And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:
• 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our glorifying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
• Ps 72:2-3 : 2 He will judge thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with justice. 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness.
• Isa 9:7 : 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.
• Isa 11:6-9 : 6 And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. 7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den. 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.
• Isa 11:13 : 13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and they that vex Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
• Ps 112:6-9 : 6 For he shall never be moved; The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance. 7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: His heart is fixed, trusting in Jehovah. 8 His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, Until he see [his desire] upon his adversaries. 9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; His righteousness endureth for ever: His horn shall be exalted with honor.
• Prov 14:26 : 26 In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence; And his children shall have a place of refuge.
• Isa 30:15 : 15 For thus said the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. And ye would not:
• Isa 48:18 : 18 Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
• Isa 54:13-14 : 13 And all thy children shall be taught of Jehovah; and great shall be the peace of thy children. 14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression, for thou shalt not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near thee.
• Isa 55:12 : 12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands.
• Isa 57:19 : 19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, saith Jehovah; and I will heal him.
• Isa 66:12 : 12 For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream: and ye shall suck [thereof] ; ye shall be borne upon the side, and shall be dandled upon the knees.
• Ezek 37:21-22 : 21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, whither they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: 22 and I will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all;
• Ezek 37:25 : 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children's children, for ever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever.
• Ezek 39:29 : 29 neither will I hide my face any more from them; for I have poured out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah.
• Mic 4:3-4 : 3 and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. 4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of Jehovah of hosts hath spoken it.