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Isaiah 32:5
5No longer will the fool be called noble nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
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.
- 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;
- New Living Translation (NLT)In that day ungodly fools will not be heroes. Scoundrels will not be respected.
Context of Isaiah 32:5
3Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen. 4The fearful heart will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear. No 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. 7Scoundrels use wicked methods, they make up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
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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 5:20Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
- Psalms 15:4who despises a vile person but honors those who fear the Lord; who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and does not change their mind;
- Malachi 3:18And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.
- 1 Samuel 25:3His name was Nabal and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband was surly and mean in his dealings—he was a Calebite.
- Proverbs 23:6Do not eat the food of a begrudging host, 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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