Isaiah 32:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ A fool will no longer be called noble nor a villain said to be honorable.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ The fool (the unbeliever and the ungodly) will no more be called noble, nor the crafty and greedy [for gain] said to be bountiful and princely.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ The fool shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

Common English Bible

⁵ Then a fool will no longer be called honorable, nor a villain considered respectable.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ He who is foolish will no longer be called leader, nor will the deceitful be called greater.

Isaiah 32:5 Cross References

Isaiah 5:20

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

Malachi 3:18

Then once more you shall see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.

Psalm 15:4

in whose eyes the wicked are despised but who honor those who fear the Lord; who stand by their oath even to their hurt;

1 Samuel 25:25

My lord, do not take seriously this ill-natured fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him, but I, your servant, did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.

Psalm 12:8

On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among humankind.

Isaiah 32:7

The villainies of villains are evil; they devise wicked devices to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right.