Isaiah 32:4

Myles Coverdale Bible

The hert of the vnwise, shal attayne to knowlege, and the vnparfite tuge shal speake planely and distinctly.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The reckless mind will gain knowledge,and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.

Hebrew Names Version
The heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

King James Version
The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

English Standard Version
The heart of the hasty will understand and know, and the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak distinctly.

New American Standard Bible
The mind of the rash will discern the truth, And the tongue of the stammerers will hurry to speak clearly.

New Century Version
People who are now worried will be able to understand. Those who cannot speak clearly now will then be able to speak clearly and quickly.

Amplified Bible
The heart (mind) of those who act impulsively will discern the truth, And the tongue of the stammerers will hurry to speak clearly.

World English Bible
The heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the heart of the foolish shall vnderstand knowledge, and the tongue of the stutters shalbe ready to speake distinctly.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the heart of the hasty will discern knowledge,And the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak clearly.

Berean Standard Bible
The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.

Contemporary English Version
All who are impatient will take time to think; everyone who stutters will talk clearly.

Complete Jewish Bible
The minds of the impetuous will learn to weigh carefully, the tongues of the stutterers will speak readily and clearly.

Darby Translation
and the heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

Easy-to-Read Version
People who are now confused would be able to understand. Those who cannot speak clearly now would be able to speak clearly and quickly.

George Lamsa Translation
The heart of the imprudent shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of stammerers shall hasten to speak plainly.

Good News Translation
They will not be impatient any longer, but they will act with understanding and will say what they mean.

Lexham English Bible
And the minds of the rash will understand knowledge, and the tongues of stammerers will hasten to speak clearly.

Literal Translation
And the heart of the hurrying shall discern knowledge; and the tongue of those that stutter shall hurry to speak clear things.

American Standard Version
And the heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

Bible in Basic English
The man of sudden impulses will become wise in heart, and he whose tongue is slow will get the power of talking clearly.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

King James Version (1611)
The heart also of the rash shall vnderstand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall bee readie to speake plainely.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The heart of the vnwyse shall attayne to knowledge, and the vnperfect tongue shall speake playnely and distinctly.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the heart of the weak ones shall attend to hear, and the stammering tongues shall soon learn to speak peace.

English Revised Version
The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and the herte of foolis schal vndurstonde kunnyng, and the tunge of stuttynge men schal speke swiftli, and pleynli.

Update Bible Version
And the heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

Webster's Bible Translation
The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

New English Translation
The mind that acts rashly will possess discernment and the tongue that stutters will speak with ease and clarity.

New King James Version
Also the heart of the rash will understand knowledge, And the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.

New Living Translation
Even the hotheads will be full of sense and understanding. Those who stammer will speak out plainly.

New Life Bible
The mind of those who act in a hurry will understand the truth. And the tongue of those who have trouble speaking will hurry to speak well.

New Revised Standard
The minds of the rash will have good judgment, and the tongues of stammerers will speak readily and distinctly.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the heart of the hurried, shall take note of knowledge, And the tongue of stammerers, shall make haste to speak plainly.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the heart of fools shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of stammerers shall speak readily and plain.

Revised Standard Version
The mind of the rash will have good judgment, and the tongue of the stammerers will speak readily and distinctly.

Young's Literal Translation
And the heart of those hastened Understandeth to know, And the tongue of stammerers hasteth to speak clearly.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The mind of the hasty will discern the truth, And the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak clearly.

Contextual Overview

¹ Beholde, the kinge shal gouerne after ye rule of rightuousnes, and ye princes shal rule acordinge to the balaunce of equite. ² He shalbe vnto me, as a defence for the wynde, and as a refuge for the tempest, like as a ryuer of water in a thurstie place, and ye schadowe of a greate rock in a drie lode. ³ The eyes of the seinge shall not be dymme, and the eares of them that heare, shal take diliget hede. ⁴ The hert of the vnwise, shal attayne to knowlege, and the vnparfite tuge shal speake planely and distinctly. ⁵ Then shal the nygarde be no more called gentle, ner the churle lyberall. ⁶ But the churle wil be churlishly mynded, and his hert wil worke euell and playe the ypocrite, and ymagyn abhominacios agaynst God, to make the hungrie leane, and to withholde drinke from the thurstie: ⁷ These are the perlous weapons of the cuvetous, these be his shameful councels: that he maye begyle the poore with disceatful workes, yee euen there as he shulde geue sentence with the poore. ⁸ But the liberall person ymagineth honest thinges, and commeth vp with honesty.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

heart: Isaiah 29:24, Nehemiah 8:8-12, Matthew 11:25, Matthew 16:17, Acts 6:7, Acts 26:9-11, Galatians 1:23

rash: Heb. hasty

the tongue: Exodus 4:11, Song of Solomon 7:9, Luke 21:14, Luke 21:15, Acts 2:4-12, Acts 4:13

plainly: or, elegantly

Reciprocal: Psalms 12:8 - when Isaiah 35:4 - fearful Isaiah 35:5 - the eyes Isaiah 35:6 - the tongue Daniel 11:33 - understand Matthew 12:22 - blind Mark 7:35 - General Luke 7:22 - how

Cross-References

Genesis 4:7
but and yf thou do euell, thy synne lyeth open in the dore? Shal he then be subdued vnto the? and wilt thou rule him?

Genesis 23:6
O heare lorde, thou art a prynce of God amonge vs: bury thy dead in the best of oure sepulcres, there shall none of vs forbyd ye, that thou shuldest not bury thy deed in his sepulcre.

Genesis 27:29
Nacions be thy seruauntes, and people fall downe at yi fote. Be thou lorde ouer thy brethren, and thy mothers children fall downe at thy fote. Cursed be he, that curseth the: and blessed be he, that blesseth the.

Genesis 27:37
Isaac answered, and sayde vnto him: I haue made him lorde ouer ye, and all his brethren haue I made his seruautes. With corne & wine haue I prouyded him. What shal I do vnto the now my sonne?

Genesis 32:5
& haue oxen & Asses, shepe, seruauntes & maydes, & haue sent forth to shewe it the my lorde, yt I might fynde fauoure in thy sight.

Genesis 32:18
Thou shalt saye: They be thy seruaunt Iacobs, which sendeth a present vnto his lorde Esau, and commeth behynde vs him self.

Genesis 33:8
And he sayde: What meanest thou wt all the droue that I met? He answered: that I might fynde grace in the sight of my lorde,

Exodus 32:22
Aaron sayde: Let not the wrath of my lorde waxe fearce: thou knowest, that this is a wicked people.

1 Samuel 26:17
Then knewe Saul the voyce of Dauid, and saide: Is not that thy voyce my sonne Dauid? Dauid sayde: It is my voyce my lorde the kynge.

1 Kings 20:32
And they put sack cloth aboute their loynes, and halters aboute their neckes, and came to the kynge of Israel, and sayde: Benadab thy seruaunt sayeth vnto the: O let my soule lyue. He sayde: yf he be yet alyue, he is my brother.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge,.... Such who have been hasty and precipitant, as the word c signifies; who have not given themselves time to consider what they have read or heard, or has been proposed unto them, and have hastily received every thing that has been suggested to them, especially by carnal sense and reason, shall now sit down, and coolly consider things, and so gain an understanding of divine and spiritual knowledge, of the knowledge of Christ, of his person, offices, grace, righteousness, and salvation; an experimental knowledge and understanding of these things, heart and not head knowledge:

and the tongue of the stammerer shall be ready to speak plainly; or, "shall make haste to speak neatly" d; elegantly and politely; such who hesitated in their speech, and spoke in a blundering manner, and scarcely intelligibly, especially when they spoke of divine and spiritual things, yet now, without the least hesitation, in the freest and most ready manner, with all plainness and propriety shall talk of these things, to the great delight, satisfaction, and use of those that hear them: this was true of the apostles of Christ, those babes and sucklings, out of whose mouth God ordained praise, and who were most of them Galilaeans, very illiterate and unpolished, and yet these, especially when they had the gift of tongues, spake the great things of God very readily, and in good language; and also is true of other ministers of the word, raised up among the barbarous nations of the world.

c נמהרים "inconsideratorum", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "praecipatorum", Montanus. d תמהר לדבר צחות "festinabit loqui nitida", Pagninus; "polite", Munster; "diserte", Calvin; "loqui venusta", Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The heart also of the rash - Margin, ‘Hasty.’ The Hebrew word denotes those who hasten; that is, those who are precipitate in forming a judgment, or deciding on a course of action. They do not take time to deliberate, and consequently they are led headlong into error, and into improper courses of life.

Shall understand knowledge - They shall take time to deliberate; and they shall consequently form a more enlightened judgment.

And the tongue of the stammerers - The ‘stammerers’ (compare the note at Isaiah 28:11) seem here to denote those who had indistinct and confused views of subjects, or who were incapable of expressing clear and intelligible views of divine truth.

Shall be ready to speak plainly - Margin, ‘Elegantly.’ The Hebrew is צתות tsâthôth ‘clear,’ ‘white,’ usually applied to a bright, clear, white light. The sense is, that there should be no indistinctness or obscurity in their views and modes of utterance.