The Lord of hosts has sworn: As I have designed, so shall it be, and as I have planned, so shall it come to pass:
Isaiah 19:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Where now are your sages? Let them tell you and make known what the Lord of hosts has planned against Egypt. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you now [if they are so wise], and let them make known what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt [if they can]. American Standard Version (1901) Where then are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now; and let them know what Jehovah of hosts hath purposed concerning Egypt. Common English Bible Where now are your wise ones? Let them tell you, let them inform you what the LORD of heavenly forces has planned concerning Egypt. Catholic Public Domain Version Where are your wisemen now? Let them announce it to you, and let them reveal what the Lord of hosts intends for Egypt. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Where are now thy wise men? Let them tell thee, and shew what the Lord of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt. |
The Lord of hosts has sworn: As I have designed, so shall it be, and as I have planned, so shall it come to pass:
Who is like me? Let them proclaim it; let them declare and set it forth before me. Who has announced from of old the things to come? Let them tell us what is yet to be.
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and shrewd in their own sight!
But where are your gods that you made for yourself? Let them come, if they can save you, in your time of trouble, for you have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah.
On that day, says the Lord, I will destroy the wise out of Edom and understanding out of Mount Esau.
For the scripture says to Pharaoh, “I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I may show my power in you and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”
Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
Then Zebul said to him, “Where is your boast now, you who said, ‘Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?’ Are not these the troops you made light of? Go out now and fight with them.”