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 discern the truth, And the tongue of the stammerers will hurry to speak clearly. 5No longer will the fool be called noble, Or the rogue be spoken of as generous. For a fool speaks nonsense, And his heart inclines toward wickedness: To practice ungodliness and to speak error against the Lord, To keep the hungry person unsatisfied And to withhold drink from the thirsty. 7As for a rogue, his weapons are evil; He devises wicked schemes To destroy the poor with slander, Even though the needy one speaks what is right. 8But the noble person devises noble plans; And by noble plans he stands.

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

• For a foolנָבָלnâbâl · foolishH5036
• speaksדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• nonsenseנְבָלָהnebâlâh · follyH5039
• And his heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• inclinesעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• toward wickednessאָ֫וֶן'âven · evil: wickednessH205
• ungodlinessחֹ֫נֶףchôneph · profanenessH2612
• errorתּוֹעָהtô‛âh · errorH8442
• againstאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• the hungryרָעֵבrâ‛êb · hungryH7457
• personנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: appetiteH5315
• to withholdחָסֵרchâsêr · to lackH2637
• drinkמַשְׁקֶהmashqeh · irrigationH4945
• from the thirstyצָמֵאtsâmê' · thirstyH6771

Cross-references for Isaiah 32:6

• 1 Samuel 24:13As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness’; but my hand shall not be against you.
• 1 Samuel 25:10But Nabal answered David’s servants and said, “Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants today who are each breaking away from his master.
• Jeremiah 13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, Or the leopard his spots? Then you as well can do good Who are accustomed to doing evil.
• Matthew 12:34You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, express any good things? For the mouth speaks from that which fills the heart.
• Matthew 15:19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, acts of adultery, other immoral sexual acts, thefts, false testimonies, and slanderous statements.
• James 3:5So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!
• Psalms 58:1Do you indeed speak righteousness, you gods? Do you judge fairly, you sons of mankind?
• Hosea 7:6For their hearts are like an oven As they approach their plotting; Their anger smolders all night, In the morning it burns like flaming fire.
• Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise wrongdoing, Who practice evil on their beds! When morning comes, they do it, Because it is in the power of their hands.
• Acts 5:3But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the proceeds of the land?
• Acts 8:21You have no part or share in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.
• James 1:14But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.
• Job 22:5Is your wickedness not abundant, And is there no end to your guilty deeds?
• Job 24:2People remove landmarks; They seize and devour flocks.
• Proverbs 11:24There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more, And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in poverty.
• Amos 2:6This is what the Lord says: “For three offenses of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke its punishment, Because they sell the righteous for money, 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