1 Corinthians 1:19

In 9 translations

BSB

For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”Isaiah 29:14 (see also LXX)

KJV

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

WEB

For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise. I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.”

ASV

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.

LSV

for it has been written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will bring to nothing”;

YLT

for it hath been written, 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will bring to nought;'

DBY

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and set aside the understanding of the understanding ones.

DRC

For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the prudence of the prudent I will reject.

GNV

For it is written, I will destroy the wisedome of the wise, and will cast away the vnderstanding of the prudent.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

γέγραπται γάρ· Ἀπολῶ τὴν σοφίαν τῶν σοφῶν, καὶ τὴν σύνεσιν τῶν συνετῶν ἀθετήσω.

RP2018

Γέγραπται γάρ, Ἀπολῶ τὴν σοφίαν τῶν σοφῶν, καὶ τὴν σύνεσιν τῶν συνετῶν ἀθετήσω.

TR-Boyd

Γέγραπται γάρ, Ἀπολῶ τὴν σοφίαν τῶν σοφῶν, καὶ τὴν σύνεσιν τῶν συνετῶν ἀθετήσω.

SCR1894

γεγραπται γαρ απολω την σοφιαν των σοφων και την συνεσιν των συνετων αθετησω

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Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 29:14Therefore 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.”
• Jeremiah 8:9The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?
• 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.”
• Job 5:12–13He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success. He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
• Isaiah 19:11The 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”?
• Isaiah 19:3Then 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.

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