Isaiah 32:5

The naval (foolish person) shall be no more called noble, 1 nor the scoundrel said to be honorable. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4The levav also of the rash shall understand da'as, 1 and the lashon of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. 1

6For the naval will speak foolishness, 1 and his lev will work evil, to practise khonef (hypocrisy), 1 and to utter to'ah (error, perversity) against Hashem, 1 to leave unsatisfied the nefesh of the ra'av (hungry), 1 and he will cause the drink of the tzameh (thirsty) to fail. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 25:25Let now not adoni regard this ish of Beliyaal, even Naval; for as shmo is, so is he; Naval (fool) is shmo, and nevalah (folly) is with him; but I thine handmaid saw not the ne'arim of adoni, whom thou didst send.

Proverbs 23:6Eat thou not the lechem of him that hath a rah ayin (evil eye), + 23:6 i.e., a miser 1 neither desire thou his delicacies; 1

Malachi 3:18Then shall ye return, 1 and discern between the tzaddik and the rasha, 1 between oved Elohim (him that serveth G-d) 1 and him that serveth Him not. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 32:2-9

The Reign of Justice. ( b. c. 726.) 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. 2 And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. 3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. 4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. 5 The vile… Read the whole commentary →

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