Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Therefore once more I will astound these people with wonder upon wonder; the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.” New Living Translation Because of this, I will once again astound these hypocrites with amazing wonders. The wisdom of the wise will pass away, and the intelligence of the intelligent will disappear.” English Standard Version therefore, behold, I will again do wonderful things with this people, with wonder upon wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.” Berean Standard Bible 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.” King James Bible Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. New King James Version Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvelous work Among this people, A marvelous work and a wonder; For the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, And the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.” New American Standard Bible Therefore behold, I will once again deal marvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous; And the wisdom of their wise men will perish, And the understanding of their men who have understanding will be concealed.” NASB 1995 Therefore behold, I will once again deal marvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous; And the wisdom of their wise men will perish, And the discernment of their discerning men will be concealed.” NASB 1977 Therefore behold, I will once again deal marvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous; And the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, And the discernment of their discerning men shall be concealed.” Legacy Standard Bible Therefore behold, I will once again deal marvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous; And the wisdom of their wise men will perish, And the discernment of their discerning men will be hidden.” Amplified Bible Therefore, listen carefully, I will again do marvelous and amazing things with this people, wonderful and astonishing things; And the wisdom of their wise men will perish, And the understanding of their discerning men will be hidden.” Christian Standard Bible Therefore, I will again confound these people with wonder after wonder. The wisdom of their wise will vanish, and the perception of their perceptive will be hidden. Holman Christian Standard Bible therefore I will again confound these people with wonder after wonder. The wisdom of their wise men will vanish, and the understanding of the perceptive will be hidden. American Standard Version therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because of this, behold I will continue to separate this people with a wonder and with a marvel, and the wisdom of his wise ones shall be destroyed, and the understanding of his understanding ones shall be lost Brenton Septuagint Translation Therefore behold I will proceed to remove this people, and I will remove them: and I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will hide the understanding of the prudent. Contemporary English Version So once again I will do things that shock and amaze them, and I will destroy the wisdom of those who claim to know and understand." Douay-Rheims Bible Therefore behold I will proceed to cause an admiration in this people, by a great and wonderful miracle: for wisdom shall perish from their wise men, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. English Revised Version therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder: and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. GOD'S WORD® Translation That is why I am going to do something completely amazing for these people once again. The wisdom of their wise people will disappear. The intelligence of their intelligent people will be hidden." Good News Translation So I will startle them with one unexpected blow after another. Those who are wise will turn out to be fools, and all their cleverness will be useless." International Standard Version Therefore, watch out! "As for me, I will once again do amazing things with this people, wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the insights of their discerning men will stay hidden." JPS Tanakh 1917 Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvellous work among this people, Even a marvellous work and a wonder; And the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, And the prudence of their prudent men shall be hid. Literal Standard Version Therefore, behold, I am adding to do wonderfully with this people, | A wonder, and a marvel, | And the wisdom of its wise ones has perished, | And the understanding of its intelligent ones hides itself.” Majority Standard Bible 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.” New American Bible Therefore I will again deal with this people in surprising and wondrous fashion: The wisdom of the wise shall perish, the prudence of the prudent shall vanish. NET Bible Therefore I will again do an amazing thing for these people--an absolutely extraordinary deed. Wise men will have nothing to say, the sages will have no explanations." New Revised Standard Version so I will again do amazing things with this people, shocking and amazing. The wisdom of their wise shall perish, and the discernment of the discerning shall be hidden. New Heart English Bible Therefore, look, I will again do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; and I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will nullify." Webster's Bible Translation Therefore behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even an astonishing work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. World English Bible therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will be hidden.” Young's Literal Translation Therefore, lo, I am adding to do wonderfully with this people, A wonder, and a marvel, And perished hath the wisdom of its wise ones, And the understanding of its intelligent ones hideth itself.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Woe to the City of David…13Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men. 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.” 15Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”… Cross References 1 Corinthians 1:19 For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate." Isaiah 6:9 And He replied: "Go and tell this people, 'Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.' Isaiah 6:10 Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed." Isaiah 10:12 So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, "I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes. Isaiah 28:21 For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task. 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, Isaiah 63:17 Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage. Treasury of Scripture Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. I will Isaiah 29:9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. Isaiah 28:21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. Habakkuk 1:5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you. proceed. Isaiah 29:10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. Isaiah 6:9,10 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not… Isaiah 19:3,11-14 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards… Jump to Previous Adding Astonishing Cause Concealed Deal Discerning Discernment Guides Hid Hidden Hideth Intelligence Intelligent Itself Longer Marvel Marvellous Marvelous Marvelously Once Ones Perish Perished Proceed Prudence Prudent Sense Strange Understanding Vanish Wisdom Wise Wonder Wondered Wonderful Wonderfully Wondrously WorkJump to Next Adding Astonishing Cause Concealed Deal Discerning Discernment Guides Hid Hidden Hideth Intelligence Intelligent Itself Longer Marvel Marvellous Marvelous Marvelously Once Ones Perish Perished Proceed Prudence Prudent Sense Strange Understanding Vanish Wisdom Wise Wonder Wondered Wonderful Wonderfully Wondrously WorkIsaiah 29 1. God's heavy judgment upon Jerusalem7. The insatiableness of her enemies 9. The senselessness 13. And deep hypocrisy of the people 17. A promise of sanctification to the godly (14) I will proceed to do a marvellous work . . .--The sure doom of hypocrisy would come upon the hypocrites: not loving the light, they would lose the light they had, and be left to their self-chosen blindness. Here, again, history was to repeat itself, and the words of Isaiah were to be fulfilled in an age and in a manner that lay beyond the horizon of his thoughts.Verse 14. - I will proceed to do a marvelous work. Commentators are not agreed what this "marvelous work" was. Some, with Delitzsch, consider it to be the hardening of the hearts of the Jews to such an extent that even the appearance of wisdom and understanding, which the rulers of the people had hitherto retained, would completely disappear. Others, with Mr. Cheyne, regard it as the coming siege, with those extreme sufferings and perils (vers. 3, 4) which the Jews would have to undergo - sufferings and perils barely consistent with the previous covenant-promises made to the nation. It is difficult to decide between these two views; but, on the whole, Mr. Cheyne's view seems preferable. A marvelous work and a wonder; rather, a marvelous work and a marvel. The repetition is for the sake of emphasis. For the wisdom; rather, and the wisdom; i.e. "when I do my marvel, then the wisdom of the wise men shall perish" - all their crafty designs and plans shall be of no avail, but come wholly to naught. The chief of these designs was that alluded to in the next verse. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Thereforeלָכֵ֗ן (lā·ḵên) Adverb Strong's 3651: So -- thus I will again יוֹסִ֛ף (yō·w·sip̄) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3254: To add, augment confound לְהַפְלִ֥יא (lə·hap̄·lî) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 6381: To separate, distinguish, to be, great, difficult, wonderful these הַזֶּ֖ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that people הָֽעָם־ (hā·‘ām-) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock with wonder הַפְלֵ֣א (hap̄·lê) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute Strong's 6381: To separate, distinguish, to be, great, difficult, wonderful upon wonder. וָפֶ֑לֶא (wā·p̄e·le) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6382: A miracle The wisdom חָכְמַ֣ת (ḥā·ḵə·maṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 2451: Wisdom of the wise חֲכָמָ֔יו (ḥă·ḵā·māw) Adjective - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2450: Wise will perish, וְאָֽבְדָה֙ (wə·’ā·ḇə·ḏāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish and the intelligence וּבִינַ֥ת (ū·ḇî·naṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 998: An understanding of the intelligent נְבֹנָ֖יו (nə·ḇō·nāw) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 995: To separate mentally, understand will be hidden. תִּסְתַּתָּֽר׃ (tis·tat·tār) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5641: To hide, conceal Links Isaiah 29:14 NIVIsaiah 29:14 NLT Isaiah 29:14 ESV Isaiah 29:14 NASB Isaiah 29:14 KJV Isaiah 29:14 BibleApps.com Isaiah 29:14 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 29:14 Chinese Bible Isaiah 29:14 French Bible Isaiah 29:14 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 29:14 Therefore behold I will proceed to do (Isa Isi Is) |
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