Isaiah 32 · Verse 6

Isaiah 32:6

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.
Isaiah 32:6, King James Version

Isaiah 32:6 in other translations

BSBFor a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.
WEBFor the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, 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.
ASVFor 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.
YLTFor a fool speaketh folly, And his heart doth iniquity, to do profanity, And to speak concerning Jehovah error, To empty the soul of the hungry, Yea, drink of the thirsty he causeth to lack.
DARBYfor the vile man will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
BBEFor the foolish man will say foolish things, having evil thoughts in his heart, working what is unclean, and talking falsely about the Lord, to keep food from him who is in need of it, and water from him whose soul is desiring it.
WebsterFor the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice 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.

What does Isaiah 32:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. 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).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 The 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: Μωρα γαρ μωρος λεγει· "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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 32:1-8

Times of peace and happiness. (Is. 32:1-8) An interval of trouble, yet comfort and blessings in the end. (Is. 32:9-20) Verses 1-8 Christ our righteous King, and his true disciples, are evidently here intended. The consolations and graces of his Spirit are as rivers of water in this dry land; and as the overhanging rock affords refreshing shade and shelter to the weary traveller in the desert, so his power, truth…

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Isaiah 32:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֤יkiforH3588
נָבָל֙na.Vala foolH5036
נְבָלָ֣הne.va.LahfollyH5039
יְדַבֵּ֔רye.da.Berhe speaksH1696
וְלִבּ֖וֹve.li.Boand heart hisH3820
יַעֲשֶׂה\־ya.'a.seh-it doesH6213
אָ֑וֶן'A.venwickednessH205
לַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla.'a.Sotby doingH6213
חֹ֗נֶףCho.nefgodlessnessH2612
וּלְדַבֵּ֤רu.le.da.Berand by speakingH1696
אֶל\־'el-concerningH413
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
תּוֹעָ֔הto.'AherrorH8442
לְהָרִיק֙le.ha.Rikby keeping emptyH7324
נֶ֣פֶשׁNe.fesh[the] appetite ofH5315
רָעֵ֔בra.'Ev[the] hungryH7457
וּמַשְׁקֶ֥הu.mash.Kehand drinkH4945
צָמֵ֖אtza.Me'[the] thirstyH6771
יַחְסִֽיר\׃yach.Sirhe deprivesH2637

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Cross references for Isaiah 32:6

  • Matthew 15:19

    For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

  • Isaiah 3:15

    What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.

  • Matthew 23:13

    But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

  • Acts 8:21-22

    Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

  • Acts 5:3-4

    But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

  • Proverbs 11:24-26

    There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

  • 1 Samuel 24:13

    As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

  • Amos 8:6

    That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

  • Hosea 7:6-7

    For 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. They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.

  • Proverbs 19:3

    The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.

  • Isaiah 9:17

    Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • Amos 2:6-7

    Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the vile.
1Sa 24:13; 25:10,11; Jer 13:23; Mt 12:34-36; 15:19; Jas 3:5,6
and his heart.
Ps 58:1,2; Ho 7:6,7; Mic 2:1,2; Ac 5:3,4; 8:21,22; Jas 1:14,15
empty.
Job 22:5-9; 24:2-16; Pr 11:24-26; Am 2:6,7; 8:6; Mic 3:1-3
Mt 23:14; Jas 1:27

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Context

  • Isaiah 32:5

    The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

  • Isaiah 32:6

    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.

  • Isaiah 32:7

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

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Isaiah 32:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque el mezquino hablará mezquindades, y su corazón fabricará iniquidad, para hacer la impiedad y para hablar escarnio contra Jehová, dejando vacía el alma hambrienta, y quitando la bebida al sediento.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car l’homme vil dira des choses viles, et son cœur commettra l’iniquité pour pratiquer l’impiété et pour dire l’erreur contre l’ Éternel, pour rendre vide l’âme qui a faim et ôter la boisson à celui qui a soif.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn ein gemeiner Mensch redet Gemeinheit; und sein Herz geht mit Frevel um, um Ruchlosigkeit zu verüben und Irrtum zu reden wider Jehova, um leer zu lassen die Seele des Hungrigen und dem Durstigen den Trank zu entziehen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
stultus enim fatua loquetur, et cor ejus faciet iniquitatem, ut perficiat simulationem, et loquatur ad Dominum fraudulenter, et vacuam faciat animam esurientis, et potum sitienti auferat.