Isaiah 32:17

Webster's Bible (1833)

The work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.

📖 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 Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
• Ps 85:8 : 8 I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, For he will speak peace to his people, 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, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
• Phil 4:6-9 : 6 In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus. 8 Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things. 9 The things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me: do these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
• Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
• 2 Pet 1:10-11 : 10 Therefore, brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble. 11 For thus will be richly supplied to you the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
• Isa 26:3 : 3 You will keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on you]; because he trusts in you.
• Isa 2:3-4 : 3 Many peoples shall go and say, "Come, let's go up to the mountain of Yahweh, 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 the law shall go forth, And the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem. 4 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's not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth. 19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him, 20 because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our hearts don't condemn us, we have boldness toward God; 22 and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight. 23 This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded. 24 He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
• 1 John 4:17 : 17 In this love has been made perfect among 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 We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,
• 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our boasting 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 toward you.
• Ps 72:2-3 : 2 He will judge your people with righteousness, And your poor with justice. 3 The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
• Isa 9:7 : 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on the throne of David, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Hosts will perform this.
• Isa 11:6-9 : 6 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 fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. 7 The cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 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 Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
• Isa 11:13 : 13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and those who vex Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
• Ps 112:6-9 : 6 For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever. 7 He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh. 8 His heart is established. He will not be afraid in the end when he sees his adversaries. 9 He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.
• Prov 14:26 : 26 In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, And he will be a refuge for his children.
• Isa 30:15 : 15 For thus said the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest shall you be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. You would not:
• Isa 48:18 : 18 Oh that you had listened to my commandments! then had your peace been as a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:
• Isa 54:13-14 : 13 All your children shall be taught of Yahweh; and great shall be the peace of your children. 14 In righteousness shall you be established: you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not be afraid; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
• Isa 55:12 : 12 For you 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 who is far off and to him who is near, says Yahweh; and I will heal him.
• Isa 66:12 : 12 For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream: and you shall suck [of it]; you shall be borne on the side, and shall be dandled on the knees.
• Ezek 37:21-22 : 21 Say to them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, where 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, on 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 They shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers lived; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children's children, forever: 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 on the house of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh.
• Mic 4:3-4 : 3 And he will judge between many peoples, And will decide concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, Neither will they learn war any more. 4 But they will sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; And no one will make them afraid: For the mouth of Yahweh of Hosts has spoken.