Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The mind of the hasty will discern the truth,
And the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak clearly.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

The reckless mind will gain knowledge,
and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.

International Standard Version

The hearts of reckless people will understand sound judgment, and the tongues of those who stammer will be ready to speak clearly.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


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

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.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

And the heart of the hasty shall understand to know, and the tongue of those stammering shall hasten to speak plain.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

And [the] {minds} of [the] rash will understand {knowledge}, and [the] tongues of stammerers will hasten to speak clearly.

Modern King James verseion

And the heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of those who stutter shall be ready to speak plainly.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The heart of the unwise shall attain to knowledge, and the imperfect tongue shall speak plainly and distinctly.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

The heart of the rash will understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.

The Emphasized Bible

And the heart of the hurried, shall take note of knowledge, And the tongue of stammerers, shall make haste to speak plainly.

Webster

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

World English Bible

The heart of the rash will understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the heart of those hastened Understandeth to know, And the tongue of stammerers hasteth to speak clearly.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The heart
לבב 
Lebab 
Usage: 251

דּעת 
Da`ath 
Usage: 91

and the tongue
לשׁנה לשׁן לשׁון 
Lashown 
Usage: 116

of the stammerers
עלּג 
`illeg 
Usage: 1

to speak
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

References

Context Readings

The Kingdom Of Righteousness

3 Then the eyes of those who see will not be blinded,
And the ears of those who hear will listen.
4 The mind of the hasty will discern the truth,
And the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak clearly.
5 No longer will the fool be called noble,
Or the rogue be spoken of as generous.


Cross References

Isaiah 29:24

“Those who err in mind will know the truth,
And those who criticize will accept instruction.

Exodus 4:11

The Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?

Nehemiah 8:8-12

They read from the book, from the law of God, translating to give the sense so that they understood the reading.

Song of Songs 7:9

And your mouth like the best wine!”
It goes down smoothly for my beloved,
Flowing gently through the lips of those who fall asleep.

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants.

Matthew 16:17

And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.

Luke 21:14-15

So make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves;

Acts 2:4-12

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance.

Acts 4:13

Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus.

Acts 6:7

The word of God kept on spreading; and the number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith.

Acts 26:9-11

“So then, I thought to myself that I had to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Galatians 1:23

but only, they kept hearing, “He who once persecuted us is now preaching the faith which he once tried to destroy.”

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