Isaiah 32:4

and the heart of fools shall understand knowing, and the tongue of stuttering men shall speak swiftly, and plainly.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3The eyes of seers, that is, prophets, shall not dim, and the ears of hearers shall harken diligently;

5He that is unwise shall no more be called prince, and a guileful man shall not be called the greater. (He who is unwise shall no more be called a leader, and the deceitful shall no more be called great, or honourable.)

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Cross References

Nehemiah 8:8And they read in the book of God’s law distinctly, and openly, to understand it; and they understood, when it was read. (And they read from The Book of God’s Law openly, and distinctly, and then expounded, or explained, it; and when it was read to the people in this way, they could understand it.)

Isaiah 29:24and they that err in spirit, shall know understanding, and idle men, either grutchers, shall learn the law. (and they who err in spirit, shall gain understanding, and those who be idle, or the grumblers, shall learn the Law.)

Matthew 16:17Jesus answered, and said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood showed not to thee, but my Father that is in heavens.

Acts 2:4And all were filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began to speak in diverse languages [or with diverse tongues], as the Holy Ghost gave to them to speak. (And all were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in different languages, which the Holy Spirit made them able to speak.)

Acts 6:7And the word of the Lord waxed, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was much multiplied; also a much company of priests obeyed to the faith. (And the word of the Lord grew, or spread, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem greatly increased; and also a great number of priests obeyed the faith.)

Galatians 1:23and they had only an hearing, that he that pursued us sometime (ago), preacheth now the faith, against which he fought sometime (ago); (and they had only heard it said, that he who had persecuted us before, now preacheth the faith, which before he fought so very hard against;)

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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