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Isaiah 47:10

You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’

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ASV

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 thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַתִּבְטְחִ֣יva.tiv.te.Chiand you trustedH982 →
בְרָעָתֵ֗ךְve.ra.'a.Tekhin evil yourH7451 →
אָמַרְתְּ֙'a.marTyou saidH559 →
אֵ֣ין'einthere notH369 →
רֹאָ֔נִיro.'A.ni[is one who] sees meH7200 →
חָכְמָתֵ֥ךְcha.khe.ma.Tekhwisdom yourH2451 →
וְדַעְתֵּ֖ךְve.da'.Tekhand knowledge yourH1847 →
הִ֣יאhi'itH1931 →
שׁוֹבְבָ֑תֶךְsho.Va.tekhit has led away youH7725 →
וַתֹּאמְרִ֣יva.tom.Riand you saidH559 →
בְלִבֵּ֔ךְve.li.Bekhin heart yourH3820 →
אֲנִ֖י'a.NiIH589 →
וְאַפְסִ֥יve.'af.Siand only IH657 →
עֽוֹד׃od[am] yetH5750 →

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Isaiah 5:21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.Romans 1:22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,Isaiah 29:15Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”Psalms 52:7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”Ezekiel 8:12“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”Isaiah 59:4No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.Psalms 62:10Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.Jeremiah 23:24“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.1 Corinthians 3:19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”Jeremiah 50:29Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.Genesis 2:9Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.Psalms 94:7–9They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”Ezekiel 9:9He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’1 Corinthians 1:19–21For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”Isaiah 47:8So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’Ezekiel 28:2–6“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.Ecclesiastes 8:8As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”

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