Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The advice of Pharaoh’s wisest advisers has become
How can you men say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the
King James Version
Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellers of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
Holman Bible
Pharaoh’s wisest advisers give stupid advice!
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am one
a student of eastern
International Standard Version
Zoan's princes are nothing but fools; the wisest advisors of Pharaoh give stupid advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I'm a descendant of wise men, a descendant of ancient kings"?
A Conservative Version
The rulers of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become brutish. How will ye say to Pharaoh, I am the son of wise men, the son of ancient kings?
American Standard Version
The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the counsel of the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
Amplified
The princes of
The counsel of the Pharaoh’s wisest advisors has become stupid.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings?”
Bible in Basic English
The chiefs of Zoan are completely foolish; the wisest guides of Pharaoh have become like beasts: how do you say to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the offspring of early kings?
Darby Translation
They are but fools, the princes of Zoan, the wise counsellors of Pharaoh: their counsel is become senseless. How say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
Julia Smith Translation
Also the chiefs of Zoan are foolish, the wise counseling Pharaoh the counsel became brutish: how shall ye say to Pharaoh, I the son of the wise, the son of kings of old?
King James 2000
Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counselors of Pharaoh give foolish counsel: how do you say unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Surely the princes of Zoan [are] foolish; the wise of the counselors of Pharaoh [give] senseless counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I myself [am] a son of sages, a {descendant} of ancient kings"?
Modern King James verseion
Surely the rulers of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counselors of Pharaoh has become brutish. How do you say to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But ye foolish princes of Zoan, ye wise counselors of Pharaoh, whose wit is turned to foolishness: How say ye unto Pharaoh, "I am come of wise people;
NET Bible
The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; Pharaoh's wise advisers give stupid advice. How dare you say to Pharaoh, "I am one of the sages, one well-versed in the writings of the ancient kings?"
New Heart English Bible
The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid. How do you say to Pharaoh, "I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?"
The Emphasized Bible
Surely, foolish, are the princes of Zoan, the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh, in counsel are brutish, - How can ye say unto Pharaoh, Son of the wise, am I Son of the kings of olden time?
Webster
Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counselors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
World English Bible
The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid. How do you say to Pharaoh, "I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?"
Youngs Literal Translation
Only, fools are the princes of Zoan, The counsel of the wise ones of the counsellors of Pharaoh hath become brutish. How say ye unto Pharaoh, 'A son of the wise am I, a son of kings of antiquity?'
Themes
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Infatuation of its princes
Egypt » Had princes and counsellors
Topics
Interlinear
Sar
Chakam
חכם
Chakam
wise, wise man, cunning, cunning men, subtil, unwise, wiser
Usage: 137
Ya`ats
Ba`ar
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 19:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oracle Of Judgment On Egypt
10
Those who are the pillars of the land will be crushed, and all who work for pay will be grieved.
11
The advice of Pharaoh’s wisest advisers has become
How can you men say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the
Cross References
Numbers 13:22
They went up into the Negeb and came to Hebron. Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
1 Kings 4:30
so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Psalm 78:43
when he performed his signs in Egypt and his marvels in the fields of Zoan.
Isaiah 30:4
For though his officials are at Zoan and his envoys reach Hanes,
Acts 7:22
And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.
Genesis 41:38-39
And Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find a man like this, in whom is the Spirit of God?"
Psalm 78:12
In the sight of their fathers he performed wonders in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.
Job 5:12-13
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
Job 12:17
He leads counselors away stripped, and judges he makes fools.
Psalm 33:10
The LORDbrings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
Psalm 73:22
I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you.
Psalm 92:6
The stupid man cannot know; the fool cannot understand this:
Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am too stupid to be a man. I have not the understanding of a man.
Isaiah 19:3
and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out, and I will confound their counsel; and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers, and the mediums and the necromancers;
Isaiah 19:13
The princes of Zoan have become fools, and the princes of Memphis are deluded; those who are the cornerstones of her tribes have made Egypt stagger.
Isaiah 29:14
therefore, behold, I will again do wonderful things with this people, with wonder upon wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden."
Isaiah 44:25
who frustrates the signs of liars and makes fools of diviners, who turns wise men back and makes their knowledge foolish,
Jeremiah 10:14
Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.
Jeremiah 10:21
For the shepherds are stupid and do not inquire of the LORD; therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
Jeremiah 49:7
Concerning Edom. Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
Ezekiel 7:26
Disaster comes upon disaster; rumor follows rumor. They seek a vision from the prophet, while the law perishes from the priest and counsel from the elders.
Ezekiel 30:14
I will make Pathros a desolation and will set fire to Zoan and will execute judgments on Thebes.
1 Corinthians 1:19-20
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart."