Isaiah 19:11 “The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give sen…”

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”?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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?

World English Bible

The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid. How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings”?

American Standard Version

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?

Geneva Bible 1599

Surely the princes of Zoan are fooles: the counsell of the wise counselers of Pharaoh is become foolish: how say ye vnto Pharaoh, I am the sonne of the wise? I am the sonne of the ancient Kings?

Darby Translation

They are but fools, the princes of Zoan, the wise counsellors of Pharaoh: [their] counsel is become senseless. How say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

Young's Literal Translation

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?'

Bible in Basic English

The chiefs of Zoan are completely foolish; the wisest guides of Pharaoh have become like beasts: how do you say to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the offspring of early kings?

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Cross references

“the princes”

Isaiah 19:3 Isaiah 19:13 Isaiah 29:14 Isaiah 44:25 Job 12:17 Psalm 33:10

Isaiah 19:3 · BSB

Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.

Isaiah 19:13 · BSB

The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.

Isaiah 29:14 · BSB

Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden. ”

Isaiah 44:25 · BSB

who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,

Job 12:17 · BSB

He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.

Psalm 33:10 · BSB

The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.

“Zoan”

Numbers 13:22 Isaiah 30:4 Psalm 78:43 Psalm 78:12 Ezekiel 30:14

Numbers 13:22 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 30:4 · BSB

For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,

Psalm 78:43 · BSB

when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.

Psalm 78:12 · BSB

He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.

Ezekiel 30:14 · BSB

I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment on Thebes.

“brutish”

Psalm 73:22 Psalm 92:6 Proverbs 30:2 Jeremiah 10:14 Jeremiah 10:21

Psalm 73:22 · BSB

I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.

Psalm 92:6 · BSB

A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,

Proverbs 30:2 · BSB

Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.

Jeremiah 10:14 · BSB

Every 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.

Jeremiah 10:21 · BSB

For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.

“I am”

1 Kings 4:30 Acts 7:22 Genesis 41:38 Genesis 41:39

1 Kings 4:30 · BSB

Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

Acts 7:22 · BSB

So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.

Genesis 41:38 · BSB

So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”

Genesis 41:39 · BSB

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the hired workers will be sick at heart.

12Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt.

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