American Standard Version
Isaiah 32:5
5The fool shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
Isaiah 32:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
- New International Version (NIV)No longer will the fool be called noble nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The fool will no more be called noble, nor the scoundrel said to be honorable.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The foolish person will no longer be called generous, Nor the miser said to be bountiful;
Context of Isaiah 32:5
3And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. 4And the heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. The fool shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful. 6For 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. 7And the instruments of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
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לֹֽא־יִקָּרֵ֥א ע֛וֹד לְנָבָ֖ל נָדִ֑יב וּלְכִילַ֕י לֹ֥א יֵֽאָמֵ֖ר שֽׁוֹעַ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Isaiah 32:5
- Isaiah 5:20Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
- Psalms 15:4In whose eyes a reprobate is despised, But who honoreth them that fear Jehovah; He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not;
- Malachi 3:18Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
- 1 Samuel 25:3Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
- Proverbs 23:6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:
Commentaries on Isaiah 32:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The vile person shall no more be called liberal - The different epithets here employed require minute explanation. The vile person - נבל nabal, the pampered, fattened, brainless fellow, who eats to live, and lives to eat; who will scarcely part with any thing, and that which he does give he gives with an evil eye and a grudging heart. Liberal - נדיב nadib ; the generous, openhearted, princely man, who writes on all his possessions, For myself and mankind…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The vile person - Hebrew, Fool.‘ But the connection requires us to understand this as the opposite of liberal; and it means a person who is close, miserly, narrow-minded, covetous. This person is designated, very appropriately, as a fool. Shall be no more called liberal - It is probable that under the reign of former princes, when all views of right and wrong had been perverted, people of unprincipled character had been the subjects of flattery, and names…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Only foolish people value fools and scoundrels as heroes (see also Isaiah 19:11, 13; 32:6–8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. vile--rather, "fool" [Lowth]; that is, ungodly (Psa 14:1; 74:18). liberal--rather, "noble-minded." churl--rather, "fraudulent" [Gesenius]. bountiful--religiously. The atheistic churl, who envies the believer his hope "full of immortality," shall no longer be held as a patriot struggling for the emancipation of mankind from superstition [Horsley].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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