Isaiah 31:2

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Yet He is wise and brings disaster; He does not take back His words. He will rise against the house of evildoers and against the help of those who practice wickedness.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Yet He also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back His words: but will rise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who practice iniquity.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Yet he also is wise,{H2450} and will bring{H935} evil,{H7451} and will not call back{H5493} his words,{H1697} but will arise{H6965} against the house{H1004} of the evil-doers,{H7489} and against the help{H5833} of them that work{H6466} iniquity.{H205}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Yet he also is wise{H2450}, and will bring{H935}{(H8686)} evil{H7451}, and will not call back{H5493}{(H8689)} his words{H1697}: but will arise{H6965}{(H8804)} against the house{H1004} of the evildoers{H7489}{(H8688)}, and against the help{H5833} of them that work{H6466}{(H8802)} iniquity{H205}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Where as he neuertheles plageth ye wicked, and yet goeth not from his worde, wha he steppeth forth and taketh the victory agaynst the housholde of the frauwerde, and against the helpe of euel doers.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But he yet is wisest: therefore he wil bring euill, and not turne backe his worde, but he will arise against the house of the wicked, and against the helpe of them that worke vanitie.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And he neuerthelesse is wise, and will plague the wicked, and goeth not from his worde, he wyll aryse against the housholde of the frowarde, and against the helpe of euyll doers.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Yet he also [is] wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And He also `is' wise, and bringeth in evil, And His words He hath not turned aside, And He hath risen against a house of evil doers, And against the help of workers of iniquity.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.

Referenced Verses

  • Num 23:19 : 19 'God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?'
  • Isa 45:7 : 7 I form the light and create darkness; I make peace and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
  • Isa 63:4-5 : 4 For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redemption had come. 5 I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one gave support. So my own arm brought me salvation, and my wrath sustained me.
  • Jer 10:7 : 7 Who should not fear You, King of the nations? This is Your due. Among all the wise ones of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like You.
  • Jer 10:12 : 12 God made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
  • Jer 36:32 : 32 Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch son of Neriah, the scribe, who wrote on it at Jeremiah’s dictation all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many more similar words were added to them.
  • Jer 44:29-30 : 29 This will be the sign to you,’ declares the LORD, ‘that I will punish you in this place so that you may know that my words will surely stand against you for harm: 30 This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will hand Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt, over to his enemies who want to kill him, just as I handed Zedekiah, king of Judah, over to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, his enemy who sought his life.
  • Ezek 29:6 : 6 Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
  • Amos 3:6 : 6 Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster come to a city unless the Lord has done it?
  • Zeph 3:8 : 8 Therefore, wait for me, declares the LORD, until the day I rise to testify. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my indignation—all the burning heat of my anger. For in the fire of my jealousy, all the earth shall be consumed.
  • Zech 1:6 : 6 But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your ancestors? So they repented and said, 'As the Lord of Hosts planned to do to us, according to our ways and our deeds, so He has done to us.'
  • Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
  • Rom 16:27 : 27 To the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.
  • 1 Cor 1:21-29 : 21 For since in God’s wisdom the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. 22 For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, 23 But we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles, 24 But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength. 26 Brothers and sisters, consider your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29 So that no one may boast before him.
  • Jude 1:25 : 25 To the only wise God our Savior, be glory, majesty, power, and authority, now and forevermore. Amen.
  • Josh 23:15 : 15 But just as all the good things the LORD your God promised you have come to pass, so too the LORD will bring upon you the bad things He threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.
  • 1 Sam 2:3 : 3 'Do not keep speaking so arrogantly or let proud words come out of your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him deeds are weighed.'
  • Job 5:13 : 13 He traps the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the twisted are quickly foiled.
  • Ps 12:5-6 : 5 Those who say, 'By our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own—who is lord over us?' 6 Because of the oppression of the poor and the groaning of the needy, 'Now I will arise,' says the LORD; 'I will place them in the safety they long for.'
  • Ps 68:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A psalm of David. A song. 2 Let God arise; let His enemies be scattered, and let those who hate Him flee from His presence.
  • Ps 78:65-66 : 65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a warrior recovering from wine. 66 He struck His enemies backward and covered them with everlasting disgrace.
  • Isa 20:4-6 : 4 'so will the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush—young and old—naked and barefoot, with their buttocks exposed, bringing shame to Egypt.' 5 Then they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush, their hope, and Egypt, their pride. 6 On that day, the inhabitants of this coastland will say, 'See what has happened to those we relied on for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?'
  • Isa 22:14 : 14 The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: 'Surely this iniquity will not be atoned for you until you die,' says the Lord, the LORD of Hosts.
  • Isa 28:21 : 21 For the LORD will rise up as He did at Mount Perazim; He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon to do His work, His strange work, and perform His task, His alien task.
  • Isa 30:3 : 3 But Pharaoh's protection will be your shame, and refuge in the shadow of Egypt will bring humiliation.
  • Isa 30:13-14 : 13 'this sin will become for you like a high wall, cracked and bulging, that collapses suddenly, in an instant.' 14 'Its collapse will be like that of a jar shattered into pieces so small that no fragment can be used to scoop fire from the hearth or draw water from a cistern.'
  • Isa 31:3 : 3 The Egyptians are human and not God; their horses are flesh and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, both the helper will stumble and the one being helped will fall; they will all perish together.
  • Isa 32:6 : 6 For the fool speaks folly, and his heart inclines toward wickedness: to practice ungodliness and to speak error about the Lord, leaving the hungry unsatisfied and depriving the thirsty of drink.
  • Num 10:35 : 35 Whenever the Ark set out, Moses would say, "Arise, LORD! Let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee before you."

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 11 From you, Nineveh, has come one who plots evil against the Lord and devises wicked plans.

  • 3 Therefore, this is what the LORD says: 'I am planning disaster against this family, from which you cannot free your necks, nor will you walk proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.'

  • 11 But disaster will come upon you, and you will not know how to charm it away; calamity will fall upon you that you cannot ward off; and devastation will come upon you suddenly, without warning.

  • 27 The heavens will expose his guilt, and the earth will rise up against him.

  • Ps 36:3-4
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    3 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.

    4 The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; he has stopped being wise and doing good.

  • 12 The righteous one considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked down to ruin.

  • Job 21:30-31
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    30 That the wicked are spared in the day of calamity, that they are brought forth in the day of wrath?

    31 Who will confront him with his conduct? Who repays him for what he has done?

  • 8 The one who plots evil will be called a schemer.

  • 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, relying on horses and trusting in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are strong, but who do not look to the Holy One of Israel and do not seek the LORD.

  • 1 Woe to those who devise wickedness and plan evil on their beds! At dawn, they carry it out because they have the power to do it.

  • 11 A rebellious person seeks only evil, so a cruel messenger will be sent against them.

  • 13 May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD avenge me against you, but my hand will not be against you.

  • 11 Therefore, this is what the LORD says: ‘I am bringing disaster upon them from which they cannot escape. Even though they will cry out to me, I will not listen to them.’

  • 3 Is it not disaster for the wicked and calamity for those who do evil?

  • 13 If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never depart from their house.

  • 30 The one who winks with his eyes is plotting perverse things, and the one who purses his lips is bent on evil.

  • 29 The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the blameless, but it is ruin to evildoers.

  • 18 Yet it was He who filled their houses with good things, though the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • 9 He flashes destruction upon the mighty and brings ruin upon the fortified city.

  • 21 He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.

  • 15 Woe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the LORD, who do their work in darkness and think, 'Who sees us? Who knows us?'

  • 11 You will destroy their offspring from the earth, and their descendants from among mankind.

  • 10 Whoever leads the upright along an evil path will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

  • 16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand with me against evildoers?

  • 7 The schemes of the wicked are evil; he devises wicked plans to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

  • 4 The Lord has made everything for its purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.

  • 11 Then they sweep by like the wind and pass on; but they are guilty—this strength of theirs is their god.

  • 11 And now, say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, ‘Thus says the Lord: Behold, I am shaping disaster against you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, each one from his evil way, and reform your ways and deeds.’

  • 15 Therefore his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant, he will be broken beyond healing.

  • 11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; they will be repaid for their deeds.

  • 13 He traps the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the twisted are quickly foiled.

  • 9 Whatever you plot against the Lord, he will bring it to an end; trouble will not come a second time.

  • 7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to act justly.

  • 9 Woe to the one who gains unjust wealth for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of calamity!

  • 11 May burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into deep pits, never to rise again.

  • 26 He strikes them down for their wickedness in a place where all can see.

  • 32 The wicked person lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

  • 10 Though the wicked is shown favor, he does not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness, he acts unjustly and does not see the majesty of the LORD.

  • 11 I handed it over to a mighty ruler among the nations; he dealt with it according to its wickedness. I drove it out.

  • 29 If I have rejoiced at my enemy's misfortune or gloated when harm came to him—

  • 3 Their hands are skilled at doing evil: the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, and the powerful speak out their selfish desires. Together they weave a web of corrupt schemes.

  • 16 ‘Thus says the LORD: Behold, I am bringing disaster on this place and on its inhabitants—all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read—’

  • 21 No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

  • 17 But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; justice and judgment take hold of you.

  • 7 But God will tear you down forever; He will snatch and uproot you from your tent and dislodge you from the land of the living. Selah.

  • 1 A man who is often corrected but stubbornly stiffens his neck will be suddenly broken beyond healing.

  • 21 He preys on the barren woman who does not bear children, and he does no good to the widow.

  • 30 There is no wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel that can stand against the LORD.