Isaiah 32:5
What does Isaiah 32:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 32:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The fool shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The fool shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The foolish man will no longer be named noble, and they will not say of the false man that he is a man of honour.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A fool is no more called `noble,' And to a miser it is not said, `rich;'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The fool shall no more be called prince: neither shall the deceitful be called great:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The vile man shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful:
Context
v.4And the heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
v.5This passage
v.6For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Malachi 3:18
Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
- 1 Samuel 25:3
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
- Psalms 15:4
In whose eyes a reprobate is despised, But who honoreth them that fear Jehovah; He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not;
- Proverbs 23:6
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:
- 1 Samuel 25:25
Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thy handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
- Isaiah 5:20
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
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