1 Corinthians 1:19 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁹ For it is written [Isa. 29:14], “I [i.e., God] will destroy the wisdom of wise people, and will set aside [i.e., hinder] the understanding of intelligent people.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ For it is written, I will baffle and render useless and destroy the learning of the learned and the philosophy of the philosophers and the cleverness of the clever and the discernment of the discerning; I will frustrate and nullify [them] and bring [them] to nothing. [Isa. 29:14.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ It is written in scripture: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will reject the intelligence of the intelligent”.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ For it has been written: "I will perish the wisdom of the wise, and I will reject the discernment of the prudent."

1 Corinthians 1:19 Cross References

1 Corinthians 3:19

For this world’s “wisdom” is foolishness to God. For it is written [Job 5:13], “He [i.e., God] catches wise people in their cleverness.”

1 Corinthians 4:10

We are “fools” for Christ’s sake, but you people [think you] are “wise” in [the fellowship of] Christ. We are weak, but you people [think you] are “strong.” You are honored, but we are despised.

1 Corinthians 4:6

Now I have applied these things, brothers, to myself and to Apollos as an illustration for your benefit, so that you might learn to “follow the written message.” [Note: This is thought to have been a common way of referring, in that day, to the importance of adhering to Old Testament Scripture]. So, none of you should be more proud of one [leader] than of another.