Isaiah 31:2
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עוֹד
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
חָכָם
châkâm
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
רָעַע
râʻaʻ
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Key Terms in This Verse
רָעַע râʻaʻ
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
Study H7489 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation...
To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.
To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according...
Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and th...
Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off...
And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink ...
For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in...
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
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