Isaiah 32:17

New King James Version

The work of righteousness will be peace, And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The result of righteousness will be peace;the effect of righteousnesswill be quiet confidence forever.

Hebrew Names Version
The work of righteousness shall be shalom; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.

King James Version
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

English Standard Version
And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.

New American Standard Bible
And the work of righteousness will be peace, And the service of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.

New Century Version
That fairness will bring peace, and it will bring calm and safety forever.

Amplified Bible
And the effect of righteousness will be peace, And the result of righteousness will be quietness and confident trust forever.

World English Bible
The work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the worke of iustice shall bee peace, euen the worke of iustice and quietnesse, and assurance for euer.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the work of righteousness will be peace,And the service of righteousness, quietness and security forever.

Berean Standard Bible
The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.

Contemporary English Version
and justice will produce lasting peace and security.

Complete Jewish Bible
The effect of righteousness will be peace; the result of righteousness, quiet trust forever.

Darby Translation
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever.

Easy-to-Read Version
That justice will bring peace and safety forever.

George Lamsa Translation
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever.

Good News Translation
Because everyone will do what is right, there will be peace and security forever.

Lexham English Bible
And the work of righteousness will be peace, and the work of righteousness, quietness and security forever.

Literal Translation
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the service of righteousness shall be quietness and hope forever.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the rewarde of rightuousnesse shalbe peace, and hir frute rest and quietnesse for euer.

American Standard Version
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence for ever.

Bible in Basic English
And the work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of an upright rule will be to take away fear for ever.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and confidence for ever.

King James Version (1611)
And the worke of righteousnesse shalbe peace, and the effect of righteousnesse, quietnesse and assurance for euer.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the worke of righteousnesse shalbe peace, and her fruite rest and quietnesse for euer.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the works of righteousness shall be peace; and righteousness shall ensure rest, and the righteous shall be confident for ever.

English Revised Version
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and confidence for ever.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and the werk of riytfulnesse schal be pees, and the tilthe of riytfulnesse schal be stilnesse and sikirnesse, `til in to with outen ende.

Update Bible Version
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever.

New English Translation
Fairness will produce peace and result in lasting security.

New Living Translation
And this righteousness will bring peace. Yes, it will bring quietness and confidence forever.

New Life Bible
The work of being right and good will give peace. From the right and good work will come quiet trust forever.

New Revised Standard
The effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the yield of righteousness, shall be, peace, - And the tillage of righteousness, quietness, and confidence! to times age-abiding;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the work of justice shall be peace, and the service of justice quietness, and security for ever.

Revised Standard Version
And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust for ever.

Young's Literal Translation
And a work of the righteousness hath been peace, And a service of the righteousness -- Keeping quiet and confidence unto the age.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And the work of righteousness will be peace, And the service of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.

Contextual Overview

⁹ Rise up, you women who are at ease, Hear my voice; You complacent daughters, Give ear to my speech. ¹⁰ In a year and some days You will be troubled, you complacent women; For the vintage will fail, The gathering will not come. ¹¹ Tremble, you women who are at ease; Be troubled, you complacent ones; Strip yourselves, make yourselves bare, And gird sackcloth on your waists. ¹² People shall mourn upon their breasts For the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. ¹³ On the land of my people will come up thorns and briers, Yes, on all the happy homes in the joyous city; ¹⁴ Because the palaces will be forsaken, The bustling city will be deserted. The forts and towers will become lairs forever, A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks-- ¹⁵ Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, And the fruitful field is counted as a forest. ¹⁶ Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness remain in the fruitful field. ¹⁷ The work of righteousness will be peace, And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever. ¹⁸ My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation, In secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places,

Bible Verse Review
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the work: Isaiah 26:3, Isaiah 48:18, Isaiah 54:13, Isaiah 54:14, Isaiah 55:12, Isaiah 57:19, Isaiah 66:12, Psalms 72:2, Psalms 72:3, Psalms 85:8, Psalms 119:165, Romans 14:17, Philippians 4:6-9, James 3:17, James 3:18

quietness: Isaiah 2:3, Isaiah 2:4, Isaiah 9:7, Isaiah 11:6-9, Isaiah 11:13, Psalms 112:6-9, Proverbs 14:26, Ezekiel 37:21, Ezekiel 37:22, Ezekiel 37:25, Ezekiel 39:29, Micah 4:3, Micah 4:4, 2 Corinthians 1:12, Hebrews 6:11, 2 Peter 1:10, 2 Peter 1:11, 1 John 3:18-24, 1 John 4:17

Reciprocal: Job 34:29 - When he giveth Psalms 37:37 - General Psalms 112:3 - and his Proverbs 3:2 - and peace Isaiah 11:10 - his rest Isaiah 30:15 - in returning Romans 2:10 - and peace Romans 5:1 - we have Colossians 2:2 - of the full 1 Timothy 4:8 - having Hebrews 12:11 - peaceable 1 John 3:19 - shall

Cross-References

Genesis 33:3
Then he crossed over before them and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the work of righteousness shall be peace,.... Not works of righteousness done by men, no, not by the best of men; for though peace may be had and enjoyed in doing them, yet it does not arise and flow from thence, because there is no justification by them, and salvation through them, without which there can be no true solid peace; nor the work of righteousness in men, which is their sanctification, and is indeed the work of God, and follows upon the pouring forth of his Spirit, and therefore bids fairer to be the sense than the former; yet peace is one part and branch of the work itself; see Romans 14:17 but the work of righteousness wrought out for man is rather meant, even the righteousness of Christ, a work proposed unto him, which he undertook, and has wrought out, and which was a work, and lay in working, and was a very toilsome and laborious one; the consequence of which is "peace", inward peace of soul now, and eternal peace hereafter; the righteousness of Christ applied removes the guilt of sin from the conscience, it being perfect justifies from all things, and yields a tranquillity and serenity of mind, which is had in a way of believing, in this righteousness now, and it will issue in everlasting peace and rest in the world to come; the end of the perfect and upright man, who is perfectly justified by Christ's righteousness, is peace, Psalms 37:37:

and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever; or, q "the service of righteousness"; the same as before, with the "work of righteousness": a service which Christ performed, as a servant, in obedience to the law, in the room and stead of his people; a service perfectly and completely done, and what is well pleasing unto God; and which, when a sensible sinner sees its interest in, produces "quietness" of soul, under the mighty hand of God, amidst all the calamities in the world, and judgments upon men, under the load of calumny and reproach cast upon him, and notwithstanding all the charges and accusations of Satan: moreover, this also gives "assurance for ever", of interest in divine things, in the love of God, and relation to him as a Father, in Christ as a Saviour and Redeemer, and in the glorious inheritance which this gives a title to; or a holy confidence and boldness at the throne of grace now, having this righteousness to make mention of as a justifying one, and also hereafter, before the throne of judgment, this being what will answer for him in a time to come.

q ועבדת הצדקה "et cultus justitiae", V. L. Montanus; "labor, seu operatio", Piscator, Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the work of righteousness - That which righteousness produces; or the effect of the prevalence of righteousness on the nation.

Shall be peace - There shall be no internal agitation, and no conflicts with foreign nations.

Quietness and assurance - This is a beautiful description of the happy effect of the prevalence of piety; and it is as true now as it was in the time of Isaiah. True religion would put an end to strifes and litigations; to riots and mobs; to oppressions and tumults; to alarms and robbery; to battle, and murder, and conflict.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 32:17. The work of righteousness — Righteousness works and produces peace.

The effect of righteousness — עבדת abodath, the culture. Righteousness, cultivated by peace, produces tranquillity of mind and permanent security. Reader, hast thou the principle? If so, dost thou cultivate it? If thou dost, thou hast peace of conscience, joy in the Holy Ghost, and a sure and certain hope of everlasting life.