The Meaning of Isaiah 32:4 Explained

Isaiah 32:4

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

YLT: And the heart of those hastened Understandeth to know, And the tongue of stammerers hasteth to speak clearly.

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

ASV: And the heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Isaiah 32:4 Mean?

Context Summary

Isaiah 32:1-8 - A Nobler Future For The Nation
Isaiah continues to denounce the contemplated alliance with Egypt. His compatriots put their trust in horses and chariots, and refused the help of their fathers' God. Yet was He not so wise as the Egyptians, and equally as strong! And were they not running a fearful risk in rejecting One who would not recall His words of threatened punishment to those who refused His help? At best, the Egyptians were men, and not God, and their cavalry, flesh. If only they would trust Him, God would defy their foes, as a lion defies a company of unarmed shepherds, Isaiah 31:4. The mother-bird hovers over her brood to protect it from the kestrel; so would He spread His covering wing over Jerusalem, Isaiah 31:5. We may have deeply revolted, yet we may turn back to God with the certainty that He will receive and rescue us, Isaiah 31:6.
Sennacherib fell by the sword of his sons. Compare Isaiah 32:8 with 2 Kings 19:36-37. How different is our glorious King, whose many-sided nature meets all our needs! Isaiah 32:2. Before Him all men are unveiled in their true characters. Only those who are royal in heart shall stand before Him, Isaiah 31:8. [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 32

1  The blessings of Christ's kingdom
9  Desolation is foreshown
14  Restoration is promised to succeed

What do the individual words in Isaiah 32:4 mean?

And the heart of the rash will understand knowledge and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly
וּלְבַ֥ב נִמְהָרִ֖ים יָבִ֣ין לָדָ֑עַת וּלְשׁ֣וֹן עִלְּגִ֔ים תְּמַהֵ֖ר לְדַבֵּ֥ר צָחֽוֹת

וּלְבַ֥ב  And  the  heart 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: לֵבָב  
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, soul, understanding.
נִמְהָרִ֖ים  of  the  rash 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: מָהַר  
Sense: (Qal) to hasten.
יָבִ֣ין  will  understand 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בִּין  
Sense: to discern, understand, consider.
לָדָ֑עַת  knowledge 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
וּלְשׁ֣וֹן  and  the  tongue 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common singular construct
Root: לָשֹׁון  
Sense: tongue.
עִלְּגִ֔ים  of  the  stammerers 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: עִלֵּג  
Sense: speaking inarticulately, stammering.
תְּמַהֵ֖ר  will  be  ready 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: מָהַר  
Sense: (Qal) to hasten.
לְדַבֵּ֥ר  to  speak 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
צָחֽוֹת  plainly 
Parse: Adjective, feminine plural
Root: צַח  
Sense: dazzling, glowing, clear, bright.