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Isaiah 32:5
5A fool will no longer be called honorable; a deceiver will no longer be called principled.
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
3Eyes will no longer be blind and ears will be attentive. 4The mind that acts rashly will possess discernment and the tongue that stutters will speak with ease and clarity. A fool will no longer be called honorable; a deceiver will no longer be called principled. 6For a fool speaks disgraceful things; his mind plans out sinful deeds. He commits godless deeds and says misleading things about the Lord; he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite and gives the thirsty nothing to drink. 7A deceiver’s methods are evil; he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right.
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לֹֽא־יִקָּרֵ֥א ע֛וֹד לְנָבָ֖ל נָדִ֑יב וּלְכִילַ֕י לֹ֥א יֵֽאָמֵ֖ר שֽׁוֹעַ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 32:5
- Isaiah 5:20Those who call evil good and good evil are as good as dead, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter.
- Psalms 15:4He despises a reprobate, but honors the Lord’s loyal followers. He makes firm commitments and does not renege on his promise.
- Malachi 3:18Then once more you will see that I make a distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not.
- 1 Samuel 25:3The man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was both wise and beautiful, but the man was harsh and his deeds were evil. He was a Calebite.
- Proverbs 23:6Do not eat the food of a stingy person, 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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