Isaiah 19:11

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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?'

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  • Num 13:22 : 22 and they go up by the south, and come in unto Hebron, and there `are' Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, children of Anak (and Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt),
  • 1 Kgs 4:30 : 30 and the wisdom of Solomon is greater than the wisdom of any of the sons of the east, and than all the wisdom of Egypt;
  • Ps 78:43 : 43 When He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan,
  • Isa 30:4 : 4 For in Zoan were his princes, And his messengers reach Hanes.
  • Acts 7:22 : 22 and Moses was taught in all wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in words and in works.
  • Gen 41:38-39 : 38 and Pharaoh saith unto his servants, `Do we find like this, a man in whom the spirit of God `is'?' 39 and Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `After God's causing thee to know all this, there is none intelligent and wise as thou;
  • Ps 78:12 : 12 Before their fathers He hath done wonders, In the land of Egypt -- the field of Zoan.
  • 1 Cor 1:19-20 : 19 for it hath been written, `I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will bring to nought;' 20 where `is' the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world?
  • Isa 44:25 : 25 Making void the tokens of devisers, And diviners it maketh mad, Turning the wise backward, And their knowledge it maketh foolish.
  • Jer 10:14 : 14 Brutish is every man by knowledge, Put to shame is every refiner by a graven image, For false `is' his molten image. And there is no breath in them.
  • Jer 10:21 : 21 For the shepherds have become brutish, And Jehovah they have not sought, Therefore they have not acted wisely, And all their flock is scattered.
  • Jer 49:7 : 7 Concerning Edom: `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Is wisdom no more in Teman? Perished hath counsel from the intelligent? Vanished hath their wisdom?
  • Ezek 7:26 : 26 Mischief on mischief cometh, and report is on report, And they have sought a vision from a prophet, And law doth perish from the priest, And counsel from the elders,
  • Ezek 30:14 : 14 And I have made Pathros desolate, And I have given fire against Zoan, And I have done judgments in No,
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; --
  • Prov 30:2 : 2 For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man.
  • Isa 19:3 : 3 And emptied out hath been in its midst the spirit of Egypt. And its counsel I swallow up, And they have sought unto the idols, And unto the charmers, And unto those having familiar spirits, And unto the wizards.
  • Isa 19:13 : 13 Foolish have been princes of Zoan, Lifted up have been princes of Noph, And they have caused Egypt to err, The chief of her tribes.
  • Isa 29:14 : 14 Therefore, lo, I am adding to do wonderfully with this people, A wonder, and a marvel, And perished hath the wisdom of its wise ones, And the understanding of its intelligent ones hideth itself.'
  • Job 5:12-13 : 12 Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom. 13 Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
  • Job 12:17 : 17 Causing counsellors to go away a spoil, And judges He maketh foolish.
  • Ps 33:10 : 10 Jehovah made void the counsel of nations, He disallowed the thoughts of the peoples.
  • Ps 73:22 : 22 And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee.

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    19And I have done judgments in Egypt, And they have known that I `am' Jehovah.'

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