Isaiah 44:25 “who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who…”

Isaiah 44:25

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

World English Bible

who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

American Standard Version

that frustrateth the signs of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

Geneva Bible 1599

I destroy the tokens of ye southsayers, and make them that coniecture, fooles, and turne the wise men backwarde, and make their knowledge foolishnesse.

Darby Translation

— he that frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

Young's Literal Translation

Making void the tokens of devisers, And diviners it maketh mad, Turning the wise backward, And their knowledge it maketh foolish.

Bible in Basic English

Who makes the signs of those who give word of the future come to nothing, so that those who have knowledge of secret arts go off their heads; turning the wise men back, and making their knowledge foolish:

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Cross references

“frustrateth”

Jeremiah 50:36 Isaiah 47:12–14 1 Kings 22:22–25 2 Chronicles 18:11 2 Chronicles 18:34 Jeremiah 28:9–17

Jeremiah 50:36 · BSB

A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.

Isaiah 47:12–14 · BSB

So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!

1 Kings 22:22–25 · BSB

And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’

2 Chronicles 18:11 · BSB

And all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”

2 Chronicles 18:34 · BSB

The battle raged throughout that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Arameans until evening. And at sunset he died.

Jeremiah 28:9–17 · BSB

As for the prophet who prophesies peace, only if the word of the prophet comes true will the prophet be recognized as one the LORD has truly sent.”

“maketh”

Daniel 5:6–8 Exodus 9:11 Daniel 1:20 Daniel 2:10–12 Daniel 4:7

Daniel 5:6–8 · BSB

his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.

Exodus 9:11 · BSB

The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.

Daniel 1:20 · BSB

In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.

Daniel 2:10–12 · BSB

The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.

Daniel 4:7 · BSB

When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me.

“turneth”

Psalm 33:10 Job 5:12–14 2 Samuel 15:31 Jeremiah 51:57 1 Corinthians 1:20–27 Isaiah 29:14

Psalm 33:10 · BSB

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

Job 5:12–14 · BSB

He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.

2 Samuel 15:31 · BSB

Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

Jeremiah 51:57 · BSB

I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

1 Corinthians 1:20–27 · BSB

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?

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. ”

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

In context

24Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,

26who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’

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