Isaiah 32:18

What does Isaiah 32:18 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 32:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And my people will be living in peace, in houses where there is no fear, and in quiet resting-places.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And dwelt hath My people in a peaceful habitation, And in stedfast tabernacles, And in quiet resting-places.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And my people shall sit in the beauty of peace, and in the tabernacles of confidence, and in wealthy rest.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.

Context

v.17And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence for ever.

v.18This passage

v.19But it shall hail in the downfall of the forest; and the city shall be utterly laid low.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Hosea 2:18

    And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them to lie down safely.

  • Ezekiel 34:25

    And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

  • Isaiah 33:20

    Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes whereof shall never be plucked up, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

  • Zechariah 2:5

    For I, saith Jehovah, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.

  • Jeremiah 33:16

    In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely; and this is the name whereby she shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness.

  • Isaiah 35:9

    No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up thereon; they shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:

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