Isaiah 32:6
4 The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.
5 No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.
For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.
7 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.
8 But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.
- KJV
- For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
- WEB
- For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
- ASV
- For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
- DARBY
- for the vile man will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
- BLB
- for a foolish one speaks foolishness, and his heart makes trouble, to practice profanity and to speak error against YHWH, keeping empty the soul of the hungry, and the thirsty he deprives of drink.
- ÅB
- For dåren taler dårskap, og hans hjerte finner på ondt for å utføre vanhellig dåd og for å tale forvendte ting om Herren, for å la den hungrige sulte og la den tørste mangle drikke.
- OTB
- For dårer taler dårskap, og deres hjerter er tilbøyelige til ondskap: De driver med ugudelighet og sprer løgner om Herren; de lar de sultne være utilfredse og holder drikke tilbake fra de tørste.
- B1930
- For dåren taler dårskap, og hans hjerte finner på ondt for å utføre vanhellig dåd og for å tale forvendte ting om Herren, for å la den hungrige sulte og la den tørste mangle drikke.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
Read in contextIsaiah 3:15
Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
Read in contextMatthew 23:13
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
Read in contextActs 8:21–22
You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.
Read in contextActs 5:3–4
Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?
Read in contextProverbs 11:24–26
One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
Read in context1 Samuel 24:13
As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.
Read in contextAmos 8:6
Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”
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