Isaiah 32:7

The instruments also of the churl are evil "As for the niggard, his instruments are evil" - His machinations, his designs. The paronomasia, which the prophet frequently deals in, suggested this expression כליו וכלי vechelai kelaiv . The first word is expressed with some variety in the MSS. Seven MSS. read וכילי vekili , one וכל vechol , another וכולי vecoli .

To destroy the poor with lying words "To defeat the assertions of the poor in judgment" - A word seems to have been lost here, and two others to have suffered a small alteration, which has made the sentence very obscure. The Septuagint have happily retained the rendering of the lost word, and restored the sentence in all its parts: Και διασκεδασαι λογους ταπεινων εν κρισει· במשפט אביון דברי ולהפר ulehapher dibrey ebyon bemishpat , "And disperse the words of the poor in judgment. "They frequently render the verb הפר haphar by διασκεδασαι , A MS. reads ולדבר uledabber , which gives authority for the preposition ל lamed , to, necessary to the sense, and the Septuagint, Syriac, and Chaldee read במשפט bemishpat , In judgment.