Isaiah 32:7
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

Young's Literal Translation
And the miser—his instruments [are] evil, He hath counselled wicked devices, To corrupt the poor with lying sayings, Even when the needy speaketh justly.

King James Bible
The instruments also of the churl [are] evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

Hebrew
The weapons
כֵּלָ֣יו (kê·lāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus

of the scoundrel
וְכֵלַ֖י (wə·ḵê·lay)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3596: Stubborn

are destructive;
רָעִ֑ים (rā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

he
ה֚וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

hatches
יָעָ֔ץ (yā·‘āṣ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3289: To advise, to deliberate, resolve

plots
זִמּ֣וֹת (zim·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 2154: A plan, device, wickedness

to destroy
לְחַבֵּ֤ל (lə·ḥab·bêl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 2254: To wind tightly, to bind, a pledge, to pervert, destroy, to writhe in pain

the poor
עֲנִיִּים֙ (‘ă·nî·yîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 6035: Poor, afflicted, humble, meek

with lies,
בְּאִמְרֵי־ (bə·’im·rê-)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 561: Something said

even when the plea
וּבְדַבֵּ֥ר (ū·ḇə·ḏab·bêr)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

of the needy
אֶבְי֖וֹן (’eḇ·yō·wn)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 34: In want, needy, poor

is just.
מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ (miš·pāṭ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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