Isaiah 32:3-8

New Living Translation

³Then everyone who has eyes will be able to see the truth,
    and everyone who has ears will be able to hear it.
⁴Even the hotheads will be full of sense and understanding.
    Those who stammer will speak out plainly.
⁵In that day ungodly fools will not be heroes.
    Scoundrels will not be respected.
⁶For fools speak foolishness
    and make evil plans.
They practice ungodliness
    and spread false teachings about the Lord.
They deprive the hungry of food
    and give no water to the thirsty.
⁷The smooth tricks of scoundrels are evil.
    They plot crooked schemes.
They lie to convict the poor,
    even when the cause of the poor is just.
⁸But generous people plan to do what is generous,
    and they stand firm in their generosity.

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Isaiah 32:3-8

New International Version

³Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed,^(A)
    and the ears^(B) of those who hear will listen.
⁴The fearful heart will know and understand,^(C)
    and the stammering tongue^(D) will be fluent and clear.
⁵No longer will the fool^(E) be called noble
    nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
⁶For fools speak folly,^(F)
    their hearts are bent on evil:^(G)
They practice ungodliness^(H)
    and spread error^(I) concerning the Lord;
the hungry they leave empty^(J)
    and from the thirsty they withhold water.
⁷Scoundrels use wicked methods,^(K)
    they make up evil schemes^(L)
to destroy the poor with lies,
    even when the plea of the needy^(M) is just.^(N)
⁸But the noble make noble plans,
    and by noble deeds^(O) they stand.^(P)

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Isaiah 32:3-8

King James Version

³And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

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.

⁶For 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.

⁷The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

⁸But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

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