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Isaiah 32:5
5A fool will no longer be called a noble, nor a scoundrel said to be important.
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
3Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen. 4The reckless mind will gain knowledge, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently. A fool will no longer be called a noble, nor a scoundrel said to be important. 6For a fool speaks foolishness and his mind plots iniquity. He lives in a godless way and speaks falsely about the Lord. He leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink. 7The scoundrel’s weapons are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the needy with lies, even when the poor person says what is right.
Read all of Isaiah 32Isaiah 32:5 word by word
לֹֽא־יִקָּרֵ֥א ע֛וֹד לְנָבָ֖ל נָדִ֑יב וּלְכִילַ֕י לֹ֥א יֵֽאָמֵ֖ר שֽׁוֹעַ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 32:5
- Isaiah 5:20Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
- Psalms 15:4who despises the one rejected by the Lord but honors those who fear the Lord, who keeps his word whatever the cost,
- Malachi 3:18So you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
- 1 Samuel 25:3The man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name, Abigail. The woman was intelligent and beautiful, but the man, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.
- Proverbs 23:6Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread, and don’t desire his choice food,
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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