Isaiah 32:3-8
World English Bible
3 The eyes of those who see will not be dim,
and the ears of those who hear will listen.
4 The heart of the rash will understand knowledge,
and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.
5 The fool will no longer be called noble,
nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
6 For the fool will speak folly,
and his heart will work iniquity,
to practice profanity,
and to utter error against Yahweh,
to make empty the soul of the hungry,
and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
7 The ways of the scoundrel are evil.
He devises wicked plans to destroy the humble with lying words,
even when the needy speaks right.
8 But the noble devises noble things;
and he will continue in noble things.
Isaiah 32:3-8
International Standard Version
3 Then the eyes of those who can see won’t turn away,
and the ears of those who can hear will listen.
4 The hearts of reckless people will understand sound judgment,
and the tongues of those who stammer will be ready to speak clearly.
5 People will no longer call a fool[a] noble,
nor will a bad person be declared honorable.
6 For fools utter contempt,
and their minds plot[b] wrong things:
practicing ungodliness,
spreading lies about the Lord,
leaving the pangs of hungry people unsatisfied,
and depriving thirsty people of drink.
7 Furthermore, the crimes of bad people are evil;
and[c] they devise wicked schemes,
destroying the poor[d] with lying words,
even when needy people plead[e] a just cause.
8 But those who are decent plan noble things,
and by noble deeds they stand.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 32:5 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads No longer will a fool will be called
- Isaiah 32:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads work
- Isaiah 32:7 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks and
- Isaiah 32:7 1QIsaa and MT use two different synonyms
- Isaiah 32:7 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX; MT reads a needy one pleads
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