Isaiah 32:8 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁸ But he who is noble devises noble things, and by noble things he stands.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ But the noble, openhearted, and liberal man devises noble things; and he stands for what is noble, openhearted, and generous.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ But the noble deviseth noble things; and in noble things shall he continue.

Common English Bible

⁸ But an honorable person plans honorable things and stands up for what is honorable.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Yet truly, the prince will plan things that are worthy of a prince, and he will stand above the rulers.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ But the prince will devise such things as are worthy of a prince: and he shall stand above the rulers.

Isaiah 32:8 Cross References

2 Samuel 14:14

We must all die, we are like water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; but God will not take away the life of him who devises means not to keep his banished one an outcast.

Psalm 112:9

He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures for ever; his horn is exalted in honor.

Acts 9:39

So Peter rose and went with them. And when he had come, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping, and showing tunics and other garments which Dorcas made while she was with them.

2 Corinthians 8:2

for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of liberality on their part.