Revised Version 1895
Isaiah 32:6
6For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
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 heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. 5The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 7The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. 8But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and in liberal things shall he continue.
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כִּ֤י נָבָל֙ נְבָלָ֣ה יְדַבֵּ֔ר וְלִבּ֖וֹ יַעֲשֶׂה־אָ֑וֶן לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת חֹ֗נֶף וּלְדַבֵּ֤ר אֶל־יְהוָה֙ תּוֹעָ֔ה לְהָרִיק֙ נֶ֣פֶשׁ רָעֵ֔ב וּמַשְׁקֶ֥ה צָמֵ֖א יַחְסִֽיר׃Read the interlinear
- personנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
- speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
- heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
- iniquityאָ֫וֶן'âven · evil: wickednessH205
- errorתּוֹעָהtô‛âh · errorH8442
- againstאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
- LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- emptyחָסֵרchâsêr · to lackH2637
- hungryרָעֵבrâ‛êb · hungryH7457
- thirstyצָמֵאtsâmê' · thirstyH6771
Cross-references for Isaiah 32:6
- 1 Samuel 24:13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked cometh forth wickedness: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
- 1 Samuel 25:10And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
- Jeremiah 13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
- Matthew 12:34Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
- Matthew 15:19For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:
- James 3:5So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
- Psalms 58:1Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
- Hosea 7:6For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
- Micah 2:1Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
- Acts 5:3But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
- Acts 8:21Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right before God.
- James 1:14but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
- Job 22:5Is not thy wickedness great? neither is there any end to thine iniquities.
- Job 24:2There are that remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed them.
- Proverbs 11:24There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want.
- Amos 2:6Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have sold the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of shoes:
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
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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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