Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Or the rogue be spoken of as generous.
King James Version
The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
Holman Bible
nor a scoundrel said to be important.
International Standard Version
People will no longer call a fool noble, nor will a bad person be declared honorable.
A Conservative Version
The fool shall no more be called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
American Standard Version
The fool shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
Amplified
The fool (the good-for-nothing) will no longer be called noble,
Nor the rogue said to be generous.
Bible in Basic English
The foolish man will no longer be named noble, and they will not say of the false man that he is a man of honour.
Darby Translation
The vile man shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful:
Julia Smith Translation
Liberal shall no more be called to the foolish, and noble shall not be said to the deceiver.
King James 2000
The foolish person shall be no more called noble, nor the miser said to be bountiful.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A fool will no longer be called noble, and a scoundrel will not be said [to be] eminent.
Modern King James verseion
The fool shall no more be called noble, nor the miser said to be bountiful.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then shall the niggard be no more called gentle, nor the churl liberal.
NET Bible
A fool will no longer be called honorable; a deceiver will no longer be called principled.
New Heart English Bible
And they will no longer call a fool noble, nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
The Emphasized Bible
A base man, shall no longer be called, noble, - Nor, knave, be named, liberal;
Webster
The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
World English Bible
The fool will no longer be called noble, nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
Youngs Literal Translation
A fool is no more called 'noble,' And to a miser it is not said, 'rich;'
Interlinear
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References
Easton
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 32:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Kingdom Of Righteousness
4
The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
5
Or the rogue be spoken of as generous.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 5:20
Woe unto those that call evil good and good evil; that put darkness for light and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
1 Samuel 25:3-8
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail. And she was a woman of good understanding and of a beautiful countenance, but the man was hard and evil in his doings, and he was of the lineage of Caleb.
1 Samuel 25:25
Let not my lord, I pray thee, take to heart this man of Belial, even Nabal, for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, thy handmaid, did not see the servants of my lord whom thou didst send.
Psalm 15:4
In whose eyes the vile person is not esteemed; but he honours those that fear the LORD. He that swears to his own hurt and does not change.
Proverbs 23:6-8
Do not eat the bread of anyone who has an evil eye, neither desire his dainty foods;
Malachi 3:18
Therefore become ye converted, and ye shall make a difference between the just and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that did not serve him.