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Isaiah 19:11

The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?

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ASV

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?

KJV

Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אַךְ־'akh-[are] onlyH389 →
אֱוִלִים֙'e.vi.LimfoolsH191 →
שָׂ֣רֵיSa.rei[the] officials ofH8269 →
צֹ֔עַןTzo.'anZoanH6814 →
חַכְמֵי֙chakh.Mei[the] wise [people] ofH2450 →
יֹעֲצֵ֣יyo.'a.Tzei[the] counselors ofH6098 →
פַרְעֹ֔הfar.'OhPharaohH6547 →
עֵצָ֖ה'e.TzahcounselH6098 →
נִבְעָרָ֑הniv.'a.RahfoolishH1197 →
אֵ֚יךְ'eikhhow?H349 →
תֹּאמְר֣וּto.me.Ruwill you sayH559 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
פַּרְעֹ֔הpar.'OhPharaohH6547 →
בֶּן־ben-[am] a son ofH1121 →
חֲכָמִ֥יםcha.kha.Mimwise [people]H2450 →
אֲנִ֖י'a.NiIH589 →
בֶּן־ben-a son ofH1121 →
מַלְכֵי־mal.khei-kings ofH4428 →
קֶֽדֶם׃Ke.demancient timeH6924 →

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1 Corinthians 1:19For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”Numbers 13:22They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.Psalms 78:43when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.Isaiah 30:4For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,Acts 7:22So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.1 Kings 4:30Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.Genesis 41:38–39So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”Psalms 78:12He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.Jeremiah 8:9The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?Psalms 105:22to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.Psalms 33:10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.Jeremiah 10:14Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.Job 12:17He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.Job 5:12–13He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.Isaiah 19:13The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.Ezekiel 7:26Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders.Proverbs 30:2Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.1 Corinthians 1:19–20For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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