God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 32:5
5Godless fools will no longer be called nobles, nor will scoundrels be considered gentlemen.
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 vision of those who can see won’t be blurred, and the ears of those who can hear will pay attention. 4Then those who are reckless will begin to understand, and those who stutter will speak quickly and clearly. Godless fools will no longer be called nobles, nor will scoundrels be considered gentlemen. 6Godless fools speak foolishness, and their minds plan evil in order to do ungodly things. They speak falsely about the Lord. They let people go hungry and withhold water from thirsty people. 7The tricks of scoundrels are evil. They devise wicked plans in order to ruin poor people with lies, even when needy people plead for justice.
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 5:20How horrible it will be for those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn what is bitter into something sweet and what is sweet into something bitter.
- Psalms 15:4The one who despises those rejected by God but honors those who fear the Lord. The one who makes a promise and does not break it, even though he is hurt by it.
- Malachi 3:18Then you will again see the difference between righteous people and wicked people, between the one who serves God and the one who doesn’t serve him.
- 1 Samuel 25:3This man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was sensible and beautiful, but he was harsh and mean. He was a descendant of Caleb.
- Proverbs 23:6Do not eat the food of one who is stingy, and do not crave his delicacies.
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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