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Isaiah 19:11

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11The princes of 1aZoan are merely ignorant fools;

The counsel of Pharaoh’s wisest counselors has become 2senseless.

How can you men say to Pharaoh,

“I am a son of the bwise, a son of the kings of old”?

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or Tanis
  2. 2Or brutish

Cross references

  1. aNum 13:22; Ps 78:12, 43; Is 30:4
  2. bGen 41:38, 39; 1 Kin 4:30; Acts 7:22

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish;

the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel.

How can you say to Pharaoh,

“I am a son of the wise,

a son of ancient kings”?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools;

the wise counselors of Pharaoh give senseless advice.

How can you say to Pharaoh,

“I am one of the wise men,

a disciple of the ancient kings”?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The princes of Zoan are complete fools;

Pharaoh’s wisest advisers give stupid advice!

How can you say to Pharaoh,

“I am one of the wise,

a student of eastern kings”?

NLTNew Living Translation

What fools are the officials of Zoan!

Their best counsel to the king of Egypt is stupid and wrong.

Will they still boast to Pharaoh of their wisdom?

Will they dare brag about all their wise ancestors?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Surely the princes of Zoan are foolish;

the wise of the counselors of Pharaoh give senseless counsel.

How can you say to Pharaoh,

“I myself am a son of sages,

a descendant of ancient kings”?

KJV 1900King James Version

Surely the princes of Zoan are fools,

The counsel of the wise counsellers of Pharaoh is become brutish:

How say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise,

The son of ancient kings?