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.
• New International Version (NIV)The fearful heart will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.
• 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 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

2A man will be as a hiding place from the wind, And a cover from the tempest, As rivers of water in a dry place, As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. 3The eyes of those who see will not be dim, And the ears of those who hear will listen. Also the heart of the rash will understand knowledge, And the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly. 5The foolish person will no longer be called generous, Nor the miser said to be bountiful; 6For 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.

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 29:24These also who erred in spirit will come to understanding, And those who complained will learn doctrine.”
• Nehemiah 8:8So they read distinctly from the book, in the Law of God; and they gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading.
• Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.
• Matthew 16:17Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
• Acts 6:7Then the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.
• Acts 26:9“Indeed, I myself thought I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
• Galatians 1:23But they were hearing only, “He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith which he once tried to destroy.”
• Exodus 4:11So the Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the Lord?
• Luke 21:14Therefore settle it in your hearts not to meditate beforehand on what you will answer;
• Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
• Acts 4:13Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they 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