Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, July 17th, 2025
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
Attention!
For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!

Read the Bible

Douay-Rheims Bible

Isaiah 32:4

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Regeneration;   Salvation;   Stammering;   Testimony;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Testimony, Religious;   The Topic Concordance - Government;   Jesus Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Prophecy, prophet;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Remnant;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Isaiah, Book of;   Medicine;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Rain;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Grace;   Hezekiah (2);   Isaiah;   Salvation;   Stammerer;  

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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The hert of the vnwise, shal attayne to knowlege, and the vnparfite tuge shal speake planely and distinctly.
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.
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 Behold a king shall reign in justice, and princes shall rule in judgment. 2 And a man shall be as when one is hid from the wind, and hideth himself from a storm, as rivers of waters in drought, and the shadow of a rock that standeth out in a desert land. 3 The eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken diligently. 4 And the heart of fools shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of stammerers shall speak readily and plain. 5 The fool shall no more be called prince: neither shall the deceitful be called great: 6 For the fool will speak foolish things, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and speak to the Lord deceitfully, and to make empty the soul of the hungry, and take away drink from the thirsty. 7 The vessels of the deceitful are most wicked: for he hath framed devices to destroy the meek, with lying words, when the poor man speaketh judgment. 8 But the prince will devise such things as are worthy of a prince, and he shall stand above the rulers.

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
If thou do well, shalt thou not receive? but if ill, shall not sin forthwith be present at the door? but the lust thereof shall be under thee, and thou shalt have dominion over it.
Genesis 23:6
My lord, hear us, thou art a prince of God among us: bury thy dead in our principal sepulchres: and no man shall have power to hinder thee from burying thy dead in his sepulchre.
Genesis 27:29
And let peoples serve thee, and tribes worship thee: be thou lord of thy brethren, and let thy mother’s children bow down before thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee: and let him that blesseth thee be filled with blessings.
Genesis 27:37
Isaac answered: I have appointed him thy lord, and have made all his brethren his servants: I have established him with corn and wine, and after this, what shall I do more for thee, my son?
Genesis 32:5
I have oxen, and asses, and sheep, and menservants, and womenservants: and now I send a message to my lord, that I may find favour in thy sight.
Genesis 32:18
Thou shalt answer: Thy servant Jacob’s: he hath sent them as a present to my lord Esau; and he cometh after us.
Genesis 33:8
And Esau said: What are the droves that I met? He answered: That I might find favour before my lord.
Exodus 32:22
And he answered him: Let not my lord be offended; for thou knowest this people, that they are prone to evil.
1 Samuel 26:17
And Saul knew David’s voice, and said: Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said: It is my voice, my lord the king.
1 Kings 20:32
So they girded sackcloths on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said to him: Thy servant, Benadad, saith: I beseech thee let me have my life. And he said: If he be yet alive, 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.


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile