Isaiah 31:2

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.

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  • Num 23:19 : 19 God `is' not a man -- and lieth, And a son of man -- and repenteth! Hath He said -- and doth He not do `it'? And spoken -- and doth He not confirm it?
  • Isa 45:7 : 7 Forming light, and preparing darkness, Making peace, and preparing evil, I `am' Jehovah, doing all these things.'
  • Isa 63:4-5 : 4 For the day of vengeance `is' in my heart, And the year of my redeemed hath come. 5 And I look attentively, and there is none helping, And I am astonished that there is none supporting, And give salvation to me doth mine own arm. And my wrath -- it hath supported me.
  • Jer 10:7 : 7 Who doth not fear Thee, king of the nations? For to Thee it is becoming, For among all the wise of the nations, And in all their kingdom there is none like Thee.
  • Jer 10:12 : 12 The maker of the earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who, by His understanding, stretched forth the heavens,
  • Jer 36:32 : 32 And Jeremiah hath taken another roll, and giveth it unto Baruch son of Neriah the scribe, and he writeth on it from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book that Jehoiakim king of Judah hath burnt in the fire; and again there were added unto them many words like these.
  • Jer 44:29-30 : 29 `And this `is' to you the sign -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- that I am seeing after you in this place, so that ye know that My words are certainly established against you for evil; 30 Thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am giving Pharaoh-Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of those seeking his life, as I have given Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and who is seeking his life.'
  • Ezek 29:6 : 6 And known have all inhabitants of Egypt That I `am' Jehovah, Because of their being a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
  • Amos 3:6 : 6 Is a trumpet blown in a city, And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, And Jehovah hath not done `it'?
  • Zeph 3:8 : 8 Therefore, wait for Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah, For the day of My rising for prey, For My judgment `is' to gather nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them Mine indignation, All the heat of Mine anger, For by the fire of My jealousy consumed is all the earth.
  • Zech 1:6 : 6 Only, My words, and My statutes, That I commanded My servants the prophets, Have they not overtaken your fathers, And they turn back and say: As Jehovah of Hosts designed to do to us, According to our ways, and according to our doings, So He hath done to us?'
  • Matt 24:35 : 35 The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
  • Rom 16:27 : 27 to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to him `be' glory to the ages. Amen.
  • 1 Cor 1:21-29 : 21 for, seeing in the wisdom of God the world through the wisdom knew not God, it did please God through the foolishness of the preaching to save those believing. 22 Since also Jews ask a sign, and Greeks seek wisdom, 23 also we -- we preach Christ crucified, to Jews, indeed, a stumbling-block, and to Greeks foolishness, 24 and to those called -- both Jews and Greeks -- Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God, 25 because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men; 26 for see your calling, brethren, that not many `are' wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; 27 but the foolish things of the world did God choose, that the wise He may put to shame; and the weak things of the world did God choose that He may put to shame the strong; 28 and the base things of the world, and the things despised did God choose, and the things that are not, that the things that are He may make useless -- 29 that no flesh may glory before Him;
  • Jude 1:25 : 25 to the only wise God our Saviour, `is' glory and greatness, power and authority, both now and to all the ages! Amen.
  • Josh 23:15 : 15 `And it hath been, as there hath come upon you all the good thing which Jehovah your God hath spoken unto you, so doth Jehovah bring upon you the whole of the evil thing, till His destroying you from off this good ground which Jehovah your God hath given to you;
  • 1 Sam 2:3 : 3 Ye multiply not -- ye speak haughtily -- The old saying goeth out from your mouth, For a God of knowledge `is' Jehovah, And by Him actions are weighed.
  • Job 5:13 : 13 Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
  • Ps 12:5-6 : 5 Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety `him who' doth breathe for it. 6 Sayings of Jehovah `are' pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold.
  • Ps 68:1-2 : 1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm, a song of David. Rise doth God -- scattered are His enemies! And those hating Him flee from His face. 2 As the driving away of smoke Thou drivest away, As the melting of wax before fire, The wicked perish at the presence of God.
  • Ps 78:65-66 : 65 And the Lord waketh as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine. 66 And He smiteth His adversaries backward, A reproach age-during He hath put on them,
  • Isa 20:4-6 : 4 so doth the king of Asshur lead the captivity of Egypt, and the removal of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot, with seat uncovered -- the nakedness of Egypt; 5 and they have been affrighted and ashamed of Cush their confidence, and of Egypt their beauty, 6 and the inhabitant of this isle hath said in that day -- Lo, thus `is' our trust, Whither we have fled for help, To be delivered from the king of Asshur, And how do we escape -- we?'
  • Isa 22:14 : 14 And revealed it hath been in mine ears, `By' Jehovah of Hosts: Not pardoned is this iniquity to you, Till ye die, said the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts.
  • Isa 28:21 : 21 For as `at' mount Perazim rise doth Jehovah, As `at' the valley in Gibeon He is troubled, To do His work -- strange `is' His work, And to do His deed -- strange `is' His deed.'
  • Isa 30:3 : 3 And the strength of Pharaoh Hath been to you for shame, And the trust in the shadow of Egypt confusion,
  • Isa 30:13-14 : 13 Therefore is this iniquity to you as a breach falling, Swelled out in a wall set on high, Whose destruction suddenly, at an instant cometh. 14 And He hath broken it As the breaking of the potters' bottle, Beaten down -- He doth not spare, Nor is there found, in its beating down, A potsherd to take fire from the burning, And to draw out waters from a ditch.
  • Isa 31:3 : 3 And the Egyptians `are men', and not God, And their horses `are' flesh, and not spirit, And Jehovah stretcheth out His hand, And stumbled hath the helper, And fallen hath the helped one, And together all of them are consumed.
  • Isa 32:6 : 6 For a fool speaketh folly, And his heart doth iniquity, to do profanity, And to speak concerning Jehovah error, To empty the soul of the hungry, Yea, drink of the thirsty he causeth to lack.
  • Num 10:35 : 35 And it cometh to pass in the journeying of the ark, that Moses saith, `Rise, O Jehovah, and Thine enemies are scattered, and those hating Thee flee from Thy presence.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 11From thee hath come forth a deviser of evil Against Jehovah -- a worthless counsellor.

  • 3Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am devising against this family evil, From which ye do not remove your necks, Nor walk loftily, for a time of evil it `is'.

  • 11And come in on thee hath evil, Thou knowest not its rising, And fall on thee doth mischief, Thou art not able to pacify it, And come on thee suddenly doth desolation, Thou knowest not.

  • 27Reveal do the heavens his iniquity, And earth is raising itself against him.

  • Ps 36:3-4
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    3The words of his mouth `are' iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.

    4Iniquity he deviseth on his bed, He stationeth himself on a way not good, Evil he doth not refuse.'

  • 12The Righteous One is acting wisely Towards the house of the wicked, He is overthrowing the wicked for wickedness.

  • Job 21:30-31
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    30That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.

    31Who doth declare to his face his way? And `for' that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him?

  • 8Whoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts.

  • 1Wo `to' those going down to Egypt for help, And on horses lean, And trust on chariots, because many, And on horsemen, because very strong, And have not looked on the Holy One of Israel, And Jehovah have not sought.

  • 1Wo `to' those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is -- to God.

  • 11An evil man seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him.

  • 13as saith the simile of the ancients, From the wicked goeth out wickedness, and my hand is not on thee.

  • 11Therefore thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am bringing in unto them evil, That they are not able to go out from, And they have cried unto Me, And I do not hearken unto them.

  • 3Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity?

  • 13Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.

  • 30Consulting his eyes to devise froward things, Moving his lips he hath accomplished evil.

  • 29The way of Jehovah `is' strength to the perfect, And ruin to workers of iniquity.

  • 18And he hath filled their houses `with' good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

  • 9Who is brightening up the spoiled against the strong, And the spoiled against a fortress cometh.

  • 21Evil doth put to death the wicked, And those hating the righteous are desolate.

  • 15Wo `to' those going deep from Jehovah to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, `Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?'

  • 11For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

  • 10Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.

  • 16Who riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity?

  • 7And the miser -- his instruments `are' evil, He hath counselled wicked devices, To corrupt the poor with lying sayings, Even when the needy speaketh justly.

  • 4All things hath Jehovah wrought for Himself, And also the wicked `worketh' for a day of evil.

  • 11Then passed on hath the spirit, Yea, he doth transgress, And doth ascribe this his power to his god.

  • 11And now, speak, I pray thee, unto men of Judah, And against inhabitants of Jerusalem, Saying: Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am framing against you evil, And devising against you a device, Turn back, I pray you, each from his evil way And amen your ways and your doings.

  • 15Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity, Instantly he is broken -- and no healing.

  • 11Wo to the wicked -- evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.

  • 13Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,

  • 9What do we devise against Jehovah? An end He is making, arise not twice doth distress.

  • 7The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.

  • 9Wo `to' him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,

  • 11A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.

  • 26As wicked He hath stricken them, In the place of beholders.

  • 32The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.

  • 10The wicked findeth favour, He hath not learned righteousness, In a land of straightforwardness he dealeth perversely, And seeth not the excellency of Jehovah.

  • 11I give him into the hand of a god of nations, He dealeth sorely with him, In his wickedness I have cast him out.

  • 29If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him,

  • 3On the evil `are' both hands to do `it' well, The prince is asking -- also the judge -- for recompence, And the great -- he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up.

  • 16Thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am bringing in evil unto this place and on its inhabitants, all the words of the book that the king of Judah hath read,

  • 21No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.

  • 17And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld -- because of fury,

  • 7`Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'

  • 1A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.

  • 21Treating evil the barren `who' beareth not, And `to' the widow he doth no good,

  • 30There is no wisdom, nor understanding, Nor counsel, over-against Jehovah.