Isaiah 19:11
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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?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”?
In other translations
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?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”?
Hebrew words
אַךְ־'akh-[are] onlyH389אֱוִלִים'evilimfoolsH191שָׂרֵיsarei[the] officials ofH8269צֹעַןtzo'anZoanH6814חַכְמֵיchakhmei[the] wise [people] ofH2450יֹעֲצֵיyo'atzei[the] counselors ofH6098פַרְעֹהfar'ohPharaohH6547עֵצָה'etzahcounselH6098נִבְעָרָהniv'arahfoolishH1197אֵיךְ'eikhhow?H349תֹּאמְרוּtomeruwill you sayH559אֶל־'el-toH413פַּרְעֹהpar'ohPharaohH6547בֶּן־ben-[am] a son ofH1121חֲכָמִיםchakhamimwise [people]H2450אֲנִי'aniIH589בֶּן־ben-a son ofH1121מַלְכֵי־malkhei-kings ofH4428קֶדֶם׃kedemancient timeH6924
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Related verses
- Numbers 13:22And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)They 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.
- 1 Kings 4:30And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.
- Psalm 78:43How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.
- Isaiah 30:4For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,
- Acts 7:22And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.
- Psalm 78:12Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
- Genesis 41:38-3938 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? 39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:38 So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?” 39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
- 1 Corinthians 1:19-2019 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 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?19 For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.” 20 Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
- Proverbs 30:2Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
- Ezekiel 7:26Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.Disaster 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.
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People and places
People: Pharaoh (2 Kings 18)