1 Corinthians 3:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ And again, The Lord knows the thoughts and reasonings of the [humanly] wise and recognizes how futile they are. [Ps. 94:11.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.

Common English Bible

²⁰ And also, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are silly”.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And again: "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain."

1 Corinthians 3:20 Cross References

Psalm 94:11

The Lord knows our thoughts, that they are but an empty breath.

Colossians 2:8

Watch out that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental principles of the world, and not according to Christ.

Romans 1:21

for though they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their senseless hearts were darkened.

Psalm 2:1

Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain?

Proverbs 21:30

No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the Lord.