Isaiah 32:16 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹⁶ Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation) will abide in the fruitful field.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Then justice will reside in wild lands, and righteousness will abide in farmlands.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And judgment will live in solitude, and justice will be seated in a fruitful place.

Isaiah 32:16 Cross References

Isaiah 11:9

They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

Isaiah 28:6

and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.

Isaiah 33:5

The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness;

Isaiah 35:8

And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way; the unclean shall not pass over it, and fools shall not err therein.

Isaiah 42:11

Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar inhabits; let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

Isaiah 42:4

He will not fail or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law.

Isaiah 48:18

O that you had hearkened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;

Isaiah 60:21

Your people shall all be righteous; they shall possess the land for ever, the shoot of my planting, the work of my hands, that I might be glorified.

Jeremiah 31:23

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Once more they shall use these words in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I restore their fortunes: ‘The Lord bless you, O habitation of righteousness, O holy hill!’

Hosea 3:5

Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the latter days.

Zechariah 8:3

Thus says the Lord: I will return to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain.