Isaiah 32:6-8

International Standard Version

⁶For fools utter contempt,
    and their minds plot^[a] wrong things:
practicing ungodliness,
    spreading lies about the Lord,
leaving the pangs of hungry people unsatisfied,
    and depriving thirsty people of drink.
⁷Furthermore, the crimes of bad people are evil;
    and^[b] they devise wicked schemes,
destroying the poor^[c] with lying words,
    even when needy people plead^[d] a just cause.
⁸But those who are decent plan noble things,
    and by noble deeds they stand.”

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Footnotes

Isaiah 32:6 So 1QIsa^a LXX; MT reads work
Isaiah 32:7 So 1QIsa^a LXX; the Heb. lacks and
Isaiah 32:7 1QIsa^a and MT use two different synonyms
Isaiah 32:7 So 1QIsa^a; cf. LXX; MT reads a needy one pleads

Isaiah 32:6-8

New International Version

⁶For fools speak folly,^(A)
    their hearts are bent on evil:^(B)
They practice ungodliness^(C)
    and spread error^(D) concerning the Lord;
the hungry they leave empty^(E)
    and from the thirsty they withhold water.
⁷Scoundrels use wicked methods,^(F)
    they make up evil schemes^(G)
to destroy the poor with lies,
    even when the plea of the needy^(H) is just.^(I)
⁸But the noble make noble plans,
    and by noble deeds^(J) they stand.^(K)

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Isaiah 32:6-8

King James Version

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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Isaiah 32:6-8

New King James Version

⁶For the foolish person will speak foolishness,
And his heart will work ^(A)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.
⁷Also the schemes of the schemer are evil;
He devises wicked plans
To destroy the poor with ^(B)lying words,
Even when the needy speaks justice.
⁸But a ^[a]generous man devises generous things,
And by generosity he shall stand.