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"?
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the princes

Isaiah 19:3, 13
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 29:14
Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will perish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.

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,

Job 5:12, 13
He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success. . . .

Job 12:17
He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.

Psalm 33:10
The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.

Jeremiah 49:7
Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: "Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?

Ezekiel 7:26
Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests and counsel from the ancients will perish.

1 Corinthians 1:19, 20
For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate." . . .

Zoan

Isaiah 30:4
For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,

Numbers 13:22
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.

Psalm 78:12, 43
He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan. . . .

Ezekiel 30:14
I will lay waste to Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment on Thebes.

brutish

Psalm 73:22
I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.

Psalm 92:6
A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,

Proverbs 30:2
"Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.

Jeremiah 10:14, 21
Everyone is senseless and devoid of knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud; they have no breath in them. . . .

I am

Genesis 41:38, 39
So Pharaoh asked them, "Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?" . . .

1 Kings 4:30
Solomon's wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

Acts 7:22
So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The princes of Zoan are mere fools; The advice of Pharaoh's wisest advisers has become stupid. How can you men say to Pharaoh, "I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings "?

King James Bible
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?

Holman Christian 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"?

International Standard Version
Zoan's princes are nothing but fools; the wisest advisors of Pharaoh give stupid advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I'm a descendant of wise men, a descendant of ancient kings"?

NET Bible
The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; Pharaoh's wise advisers give stupid advice. How dare you say to Pharaoh, "I am one of the sages, one well-versed in the writings of the ancient kings?"
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