Isaiah 32:6 
Context| NET © | For a fool speaks disgraceful things; 1 his mind plans out sinful deeds. 2 He commits godless deeds 3 and says misleading things about the Lord; he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite 4 and gives the thirsty nothing to drink. 5 |
| NIV © | For the fool speaks folly, his mind is busy with evil: He practises ungodliness and spreads error concerning the LORD; the hungry he leaves empty and from the thirsty he withholds water. |
| NASB © | For a fool speaks nonsense, And his heart inclines toward wickedness: To practice ungodliness and to speak error against the LORD, To keep the hungry person unsatisfied And to withhold drink from the thirsty. |
| NLT © | Everyone will recognize ungodly fools for what they are. They spread lies about the LORD; they deprive the hungry of food and give no water to the thirsty. |
| MSG © | For fools are fools and that's that, thinking up new ways to do mischief. They leave a wake of wrecked lives and lies about GOD, Turning their backs on the homeless hungry, ignoring those dying of thirst in the streets. |
| BBE © | For the foolish man will say foolish things, having evil thoughts in his heart, working what is unclean, and talking falsely about the Lord, to keep food from him who is in need of it, and water from him whose soul is desiring it. |
| NRSV © | For fools speak folly, and their minds plot iniquity: to practice ungodliness, to utter error concerning the LORD, to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied, and to deprive the thirsty of drink. |
| NKJV © | For the foolish person will speak foolishness, And his heart will work iniquity: To practice ungodliness, To utter error against the LORD, To keep the hungry unsatisfied, And he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. |
| KJV | |
| NASB © | For a fool <05036> speaks <01696> nonsense <05039> , And his heart <03820> inclines <06213> toward wickedness <0205> : To practice <06213> ungodliness <02612> and to speak <01696> error <08442> against <0413> the LORD <03068> , To keep <07385> the hungry <07457> person <05315> unsatisfied <07385> And to withhold <02637> drink <04945> from the thirsty .<06771> |
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| LXXM | |
| NET © [draft] ITL | For <03588> a fool <05036> speaks <01696> disgraceful things <05039> ; his mind <03820> plans out <06213> sinful deeds <0205> . He commits <06213> godless deeds <02612> and says <01696> misleading things <08442> about <0413> the Lord <03069> ; he gives <07324> the hungry <07457> nothing <07324> to satisfy their appetite <05315> and gives <02637> the thirsty <06771> nothing <02637> to drink .<04945> |
| NET © | For a fool speaks disgraceful things; 1 his mind plans out sinful deeds. 2 He commits godless deeds 3 and says misleading things about the Lord; he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite 4 and gives the thirsty nothing to drink. 5 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Or “foolishness,” in a moral-ethical sense. See 9:17. 2 tn Heb “and his heart commits sin”; KJV, ASV “his heart will work iniquity”; NASB “inclines toward wickedness.” 3 tn Heb “in order to do [or “so that he does”] what is godless [or “defiled”].” 4 tn Heb “so that he leaves empty the appetite [or “desire”] of the hungry.” 5 tn Heb “and the drink of the thirsty he causes to fail.” |
