Isaiah 32:4

Isaiah 32:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The heart of the hasty will understand and know, and the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak distinctly.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also the heart of the rash will understand knowledge, And the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Even the hotheads will be full of sense and understanding. Those who stammer will speak out plainly.

Context of Isaiah 32:4

2Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land. 3Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen. The fearful heart will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear. 5No longer will the fool be called noble nor the scoundrel be highly respected. 6For 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.

Isaiah 32:4 word by word

וּלְבַ֥ב נִמְהָרִ֖ים יָבִ֣ין לָדָ֑עַת וּלְשׁ֣וֹן עִלְּגִ֔ים תְּמַהֵ֖ר לְדַבֵּ֥ר צָחֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• also of the rashמָהַרmâhar · to hastenH4116
• shall understandבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
• knowledgeדַּ֫עַתda‛ath · knowledgeH1847
• and the tongueלָשׁוֹןlâshôn lâshôn leshônâh · tongueH3956
• of the stammerersעִלֵּג‛illêg · stammererH5926
• to speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• plainlyצַחtsach · dazzlingH6703

Cross-references for Isaiah 32:4

• Isaiah 29:24Those who are wayward in spirit will gain understanding; those who complain will accept instruction.”
• Nehemiah 8:8They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear and giving the meaning so that the people understood what was being read.
• Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
• Matthew 16:17Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.
• Acts 6:7So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.
• Acts 26:9“I too was convinced that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
• Galatians 1:23They only heard the report: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”
• Exodus 4:11The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
• Luke 21:14But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves.
• Acts 2:4All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
• Acts 4:13When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.

Commentaries on Isaiah 32:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The heart also of the rash - Margin, Hasty.‘ The Hebrew word denotes those who hasten; that is, those who are precipitate in forming a judgment, or deciding on a course of action. They do not take time to deliberate, and consequently they are led headlong into error, and into improper courses of life. Shall understand knowledge - They shall take time to deliberate; and they shall consequently form a more enlightened judgment. And the tongue of the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. rash--rather, "the hasty"; contrast "shall not make haste" (Is 28:16); the reckless who will not take time to weigh religious truth aright. Or else, the well-instructed [Horsley]. stammers--those who speak confusedly on divine things (compare Ex 4:10-12; Jr 1:6; Mt 10:19, 20). Or, rather, those drunken scorners who in stammering style imitated Isaiah's warnings to mock them [Maurer] (Is 28:7-11, 13, 14, 22; 29:20); in this view, translate, "speak…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 32:4

• Church
• Regeneration
• Salvation
• Stammering
• Testimony
• Wicked (People)

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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