Isaiah 32:6
Old Testament • 21 words with Strong's data
"For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail."
Word-by-Word Analysis
קָלָה
qâlâh
to be light (as implied in rapid motion), but figuratively, only (be (causatively, hold) in contempt)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
נְבָלָה
nᵉbâlâh
foolishness, i.e. (morally) wickedness; concretely, a crime; by extension, punishment
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
עָלַל
ʻâlal
to effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean (also figuratively); by implication (in a bad sense) to overdo, i.e. maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose ...
חִיצוֹן
chîytsôwn
properly, the (outer) wall side; hence, exterior; figuratively, secular (as opposed to sacred)
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
רוּק
rûwq
to pour out (literally or figuratively), i.e. empty
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
שָׁתָה
shâthâh
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
כָּלָה
kâlâh
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
Key Terms in This Verse
נְבָלָה nᵉbâlâh
foolishness, i.e. (morally) wickedness; concretely, a crime; by extension, punishment
Study H5039 →עָלַל ʻâlal
to effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean (also figuratively); by implication (in a bad sense) to overdo, i.e. maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose (also literal)
Study H5953 →קָלָה qâlâh
to be light (as implied in rapid motion), but figuratively, only (be (causatively, hold) in contempt)
Study H7034 →חִיצוֹן chîytsôwn
properly, the (outer) wall side; hence, exterior; figuratively, secular (as opposed to sacred)
Study H2435 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →Cross References
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all...
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
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