1 Corinthians 3:19
19 because the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. It is written in the Scriptures, “He catches those who are wise in their own clever traps.”n
1 Corinthians 3:19 — The New International Version (NIV)
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”;
1 Corinthians 3:19 — English Standard Version (ESV)
19 For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,”
1 Corinthians 3:19 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
1 Corinthians 3:19 — New Living Translation (NLT)
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say,
“He traps the wise
in the snare of their own cleverness.”
1 Corinthians 3:19 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their own craftiness”;
1 Corinthians 3:19 — American Standard Version (ASV)
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:
1 Corinthians 3:19 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He who takes the wise in their craftiness.
1 Corinthians 3:19 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
19 The wisdom of this world is nonsense in God’s sight. That’s why Scripture says, “God catches the wise in their cleverness.”
1 Corinthians 3:19 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, since it is written: He catches the wise in their craftiness;
1 Corinthians 3:19 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written,
“He catches the wise in their craftiness,”
1 Corinthians 3:19 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it is written, “The one who catches the wise in their craftiness,”
1 Corinthians 3:19 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
19 The wisdom of this world is foolish in God’s eyes. It is written, “God catches wise people in their own tricks.”
1 Corinthians 3:19 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, “He is the one who catches the wise in their craftiness”;