Isaiah 32:6

Isaiah 32:6 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)For fools speak folly, their hearts are bent on evil: They practice ungodliness and spread error concerning the Lord; the hungry they leave empty and from the thirsty they withhold water.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the fool speaks folly, and his heart is busy with iniquity, to practice ungodliness, to utter error concerning the Lord, to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied, and to deprive the thirsty of drink.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the foolish person will speak foolishness, And his heart will work iniquity: To practice ungodliness, To utter error against the Lord, To keep the hungry unsatisfied, And he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Context of Isaiah 32:6

4The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently. 5No 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. 7The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just. 8But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.

Isaiah 32:6 word by word

כִּ֤י נָבָל֙ נְבָלָ֣ה יְדַבֵּ֔ר וְלִבּ֖וֹ יַעֲשֶׂה־אָ֑וֶן לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת חֹ֗נֶף וּלְדַבֵּ֤ר אֶל־יְהוָה֙ תּוֹעָ֔ה לְהָרִיק֙ נֶ֣פֶשׁ רָעֵ֔ב וּמַשְׁקֶ֥ה צָמֵ֖א יַחְסִֽיר׃Read the interlinear

• Forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• a foolנָבָלnâbâl · foolishH5036
• speaksדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• foolishnessנְבָלָהnebâlâh · follyH5039
• his mindלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• plotsעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• iniquityאָ֫וֶן'âven · evil: wickednessH205
• ungodlinessחֹ֫נֶףchôneph · profanenessH2612
• falselyתּוֹעָהtô‛âh · errorH8442
• aboutאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• he leaves the hungryנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: appetiteH5315
• he leaves the hungryרָעֵבrâ‛êb · hungryH7457
• emptyרִיקrûq · to emptyH7324
• and deprives the thirstyצָמֵאtsâmê' · thirstyH6771
• ofחָסֵרchâsêr · to lackH2637
• drinkמַשְׁקֶהmashqeh · irrigationH4945

Cross-references for Isaiah 32:6

• 1 Samuel 24:13As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.
• 1 Samuel 25:10But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.
• Jeremiah 13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.
• Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
• Matthew 15:19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
• James 3:5In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.
• Psalms 58:1Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
• Hosea 7:6For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
• Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
• Acts 5:3Then 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?
• Acts 8:21You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.
• James 1:14But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
• Job 22:5Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
• Job 24:2Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.
• Proverbs 11:24One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
• Amos 2:6This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.

Commentaries on Isaiah 32:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6The vile person will speak villany "The fool will still utter folly" - A sort of proverbial saying, which Euripides (Bacchae, 369) has expressed in the very same manner and words: · "The fool speaks folly. "Of this kind of simple and unadorned proverb or parable, see De S. Poes, Hebr. Praelect. xxiv. Against the Lord "Against Jehovah" - For אל El, two MSS. read אל al, more properly; but both are of nearly the same meaning.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6For the vile person - Hebrew, The fool.‘ This word more properly expresses the idea than vile person.‘ The Hebrews Used the name fool to denote not only one destitute of understanding, but a knave, a dishonest man - regarding sin as the highest folly (see 1 Samuel 25:25; 2 Samuel 3:33; Job 2:10). Will speak villainy - Hebrew, Will speak folly.‘ That is, he will act in accordance with his nature; it is his nature to speak folly, and he will do it. Under a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Fools ignore God's standards of justice and righteousness. They do not care about people who are hungry or thirsty (see Isaiah 1:17; 58:7, 10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. vile ... villainy--rather, "the (irreligious) fool ... (his) folly." will speak--rather, "present"; for (so far is the "fool" from deserving the epithet "noble-minded") the fool "speaketh" folly and "worketh," &c. hypocrisy--rather, "profligacy" [Horsley]. error--impiety, perverse arguments. hungry--spiritually (Mt 5:6).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 32:6

• Church
• Hypocrisy
• Malice
• Poor
• Speaking
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Churl
• Reign
• Err; Error
• Fool; Folly
• Grace
• Hypocrisy; Hyprocrite
• Isaiah
• Person, Personality
• Salvation
• Vile, Villany

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