1 Corinthians 3:20 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁰ and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise 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."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

1 Corinthians 3:20 Cross References

Psalm 2:1

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

Psalm 94:11

the Lord, knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath.

Proverbs 21:30

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

Romans 1:21

for although 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 minds were darkened.

Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one makes a prey of you by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the universe, and not according to Christ.