Devine Scripture

Isaiah 19:11

Isaiah chapter 19 · verse 11 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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?

Context

v.10And the pillars of Egypt shall be broken in pieces; all they that work for hire shall be grieved in soul.

v.11This passage

v.12Where then are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now; and let them know what Jehovah of hosts hath purposed concerning Egypt.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 73:22

    So brutish was I, and ignorant; I wasasa beast before thee.

  • Ezekiel 30:14

    And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments upon No.

  • Ezekiel 7:26

    Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumor shall be upon rumor; and they shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.

  • Psalms 92:6

    A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:

  • Acts 7:22

    And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and works.

  • Psalms 33:10

    Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.