Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

The reckless mind will gain knowledge,
and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.

New American Standard Bible

The mind of the hasty will discern the truth,
And the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak clearly.

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

The hearts of reckless people will understand sound judgment, and the tongues of those who stammer will be ready to speak clearly.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


The heart (mind) of those who act impulsively will discern the truth,
And the tongue of the stammerers will hurry to speak clearly.

Bible in Basic English

The man of sudden impulses will become wise in heart, and he whose tongue is slow will get the power of talking clearly.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

And the heart of the hasty shall understand to know, and the tongue of those stammering shall hasten to speak plain.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

And [the] {minds} of [the] rash will understand {knowledge}, and [the] tongues of stammerers will hasten to speak clearly.

Modern King James verseion

And the heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of those who stutter shall be ready to speak plainly.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The heart of the unwise shall attain to knowledge, and the imperfect tongue shall speak plainly and distinctly.

NET Bible

The mind that acts rashly will possess discernment and the tongue that stutters will speak with ease and clarity.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

And the heart of the hurried, shall take note of knowledge, And the tongue of stammerers, shall make haste to speak plainly.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The heart
לבב 
Lebab 
Usage: 251

דּעת 
Da`ath 
Usage: 91

and the tongue
לשׁנה לשׁן לשׁון 
Lashown 
Usage: 116

of the stammerers
עלּג 
`illeg 
Usage: 1

to speak
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

References

Context Readings

The Kingdom Of Righteousness

3 Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed,
and the ears of those who hear will listen.
4 The reckless mind will gain knowledge,
and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.
5 A fool will no longer be called a noble,
nor a scoundrel said to be important.


Cross References

Isaiah 29:24

Those who are confused will gain understanding,
and those who grumble will accept instruction.

Exodus 4:11

Yahweh said to him, “Who made the human mouth? Who makes him mute or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, Yahweh?

Nehemiah 8:8-12

They read out of the book of the law of God, translating and giving the meaning so that the people could understand what was read.

Song of Songs 7:9

Your mouth is like fine wine

W flowing smoothly for my love,
gliding past my lips and teeth!

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned and revealed them to infants.

Matthew 16:17

And Jesus responded, “Simon son of Jonah, you are blessed because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father in heaven.

Luke 21:14-15

Therefore make up your minds not to prepare your defense ahead of time,

Acts 2:4-12

Then they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different languages, as the Spirit gave them ability for speech.

Acts 4:13

When they observed the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed and recognized that they had been with Jesus.

Acts 6:7

So the preaching about God flourished, the number of the disciples in Jerusalem multiplied greatly, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.

Acts 26:9-11

In fact, I myself supposed it was necessary to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

Galatians 1:23

they simply kept hearing: “He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith he once tried to destroy.”

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