Isaiah 19:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The king's officials in Zoan are foolish themselves and give stupid advice. How can they say to him, “We are very wise, and our families go back to kings of long ago”?

Cross References

1 Kings 4:30

He was wiser than anyone else in the world, including the wisest people of the east and of Egypt. He was even wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Mahol's three sons, Heman, Calcol, and Darda. Solomon became famous in every country around Judah and Israel.

1 Kings 5:10

Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar and pine logs he needed.

Job 12:17

God destroys counsellors, turns judges into fools,

Psalm 33:10

The LORD destroys the plans and spoils the schemes of the nations.

Psalm 73:22

I was stupid and ignorant, and I treated you as a wild animal would.

Psalm 78:12

he did for their ancestors near Zoan in Egypt.

Psalm 78:43

God showed them all kinds of wonderful miracles near Zoan in Egypt.

Psalm 92:6

for an ignorant fool to know or understand.

Exodus 8:14

The dead frogs were placed in piles, and the whole country began to stink.

Exodus 8:4

Frogs will be crawling on everyone—the king, his officials, and every citizen of Egypt.

Proverbs 30:2

I am far too stupid to be considered human.

Isaiah 19:13

The royal officials in Zoan and in Memphis are foolish and deceived. The leaders in every state have given bad advice to the nation.

Isaiah 19:3

“Egypt will be discouraged when I confuse their plans. They will try to get advice from their idols, from the spirits of the dead, and from fortune-tellers.

Isaiah 29:14

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.”

Isaiah 30:4

The king's power reaches from the city of Zoan as far south as Hanes.

Isaiah 44:25

I make liars of false prophets and fools of fortune-tellers. I take human wisdom and turn it into nonsense.

Jeremiah 10:14

People who make idols are so stupid! They will be disappointed, because their false gods are not alive.

Jeremiah 10:21

But I told them, “Our leaders were stupid failures, because they refused to listen to the LORD. And so we've been scattered like sheep.

Jeremiah 46:17

Give the king of Egypt this new name, “Talks-Big-Does-Nothing”.

Jeremiah 49:7

The LORD All-Powerful says about Edom: Wisdom and common sense have vanished from Teman. I will send disaster to punish you descendants of Esau, so anyone from Dedan had better turn round and run back home.

Jeremiah 8:9

Your wise men have rejected what I say, and so they have no wisdom. Now they will be trapped and put to shame; they won't know what to do.

Ezekiel 28:17

It was your good looks that made you arrogant, and you were so famous that you started acting like a fool. That's why I threw you to the ground and let other kings sneer at you.

Ezekiel 30:14

The city of Pathros will be left in ruins, and Zoan will be burnt to the ground. Thebes, your capital city, will also be destroyed!

Ezekiel 7:26

One tragedy will follow another, and you'll hear only bad news. People will beg prophets to give them a message from me. Priests will stop teaching my Law, and wise leaders won't be able to give advice.

Obadiah 1:7

Your allies can't be trusted. They will force you out of your own country. Your best friends will trick and trap you, even before you know it.

Obadiah 1:8

Edom, when this happens, I, the LORD, will destroy all your marvellous wisdom.

Numbers 13:22

As they went through the Southern Desert, they came to the town of Hebron, which was seven years older than the Egyptian town of Zoan. In Hebron, they saw the three Anakim clans of Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai.

Acts 7:22

Moses was given the best education in Egypt. He was a strong man and a powerful speaker.