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
Because all their nets shall be broken; all that make ponds to raise fish shall be discontented.
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
And they ascended by the Negev and came unto Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the sons of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
1 Kings 4:30
And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of the Egyptians.
Psalm 78:43
How he had wrought his signs in Egypt and his wonders in the field of Zoan
Isaiah 30:4
When his princes shall be in Zoan, and his ambassadors have come to Hanes,
Acts 7:22
And Moses was taught in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was mighty in his words and deeds.
Genesis 41:38-39
And Pharaoh said unto his slaves, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
Psalm 78:12
He did marvellous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
Job 5:12-13
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Job 12:17
He causes the counsellors to walk away stripped of counsel and makes the judges to be fools.
Psalm 33:10
The LORD brings the counsel of the Gentiles to nought; he makes the devices of the peoples of no effect.
Psalm 73:22
But I was ignorant and did not understand; I was as a beast before thee.
Psalm 92:6
A carnal man does not know, neither does a fool understand this:
Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am more carnal than any man and have not the understanding of a man.
Isaiah 19:3
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof, and I will destroy the counsel thereof; and they shall seek to the idols and to the charmers and to the spiritists and to the wizards.
Isaiah 19:13
The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even those that are the stay of the tribes thereof.
Isaiah 29:14
Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvellous work among this people with a fearful miracle: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the prudence of their prudent men shall fade away.
Isaiah 44:25
that undoes the signs of the fortune tellers and makes the diviners mad; that turns the wise men backward and makes their wisdom fade away;
Jeremiah 10:14
Every man is carnal in his knowledge: let every founder be ashamed of his graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no spirit in them.
Jeremiah 10:21
For the pastors are become carnal and have not sought the LORD; therefore they did not understand, and all their flocks scattered.
Jeremiah 49:7
Concerning Edom, thus hath the LORD of the hosts said: Is there no more wisdom in Teman? Has the counsel of the wise perished? Is their wisdom corrupted?
Ezekiel 7:26
Destruction shall come upon destruction, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then they shall seek an answer from the prophet, but the law shall perish from the priest and counsel from the elders.
Ezekiel 30:14
And I will make Pathros desolate and will set fire in Tafnes and will execute judgments in No.
1 Corinthians 1:19-20
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.