Isaiah 19:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַיָּם֙ אֵפ֣וֹא חֲכָמֶ֔יךָ וְיַגִּ֥ידוּ נָ֖א לָ֑ךְ וְיֵ֣דְע֔וּ מַה־יָּעַ֛ץ יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת עַל־מִצְרָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

Where-ʾayyām indeed ḥăḵāmeḵā and-yaggîḏû please to-you and-yēḏĕʿû what-yāʿaṣ YHWH ṣĕḇāʾôṯ upon-Miṣrāyim

Grammar Details

• *ʾayyām*: interrogative adverb with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - where are they
• *ḥăḵāmeḵā*: adjective, masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your wise men
• *yaggîḏû*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - let them tell/declare
• *yēḏĕʿû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - let them know
• *yāʿaṣ*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - has purposed/planned
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh
• *ṣĕḇāʾôṯ*: noun, feminine plural - hosts/armies
• *Miṣrāyim*: proper noun, masculine dual/plural - Egypt

Word Meanings

• *ʾayyām*: where are they/where
• *ḥăḵāmeḵā*: your wise men/your sages/your advisors
• *yaggîḏû*: let them tell/declare/announce/make known
• *yēḏĕʿû*: let them know/understand/recognize
• *yāʿaṣ*: has purposed/planned/determined/decided

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 1:20 : 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
• Judg 9:38 : 38 Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.
• Job 11:6-7 : 6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. 7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
• Isa 5:21 : 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
• Isa 14:24 : 24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
• Isa 40:13-14 : 13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? 14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
• Isa 41:22-23 : 22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. 23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
• Isa 44:7 : 7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.
• Isa 47:10-13 : 10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me. 11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know. 12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. 13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
• Jer 2:28 : 28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
• Rom 9:17 : 17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
• Rom 11:33-34 : 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?