Isaiah 19:11

Modern English Version

Surely the princes of Zoan are fools; the counsel of the wise counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings?”

Cross References

Numbers 13:22

They went up by the Negev and came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the sons of Anak, were (now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt).

Acts 7:22

Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in words and in deeds.

Isaiah 30:4

For their princes were at Zoan, and their ambassadors came to Hanes.

Psalm 78:43

when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan,

1 Kings 4:30

Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the people of the East country and all the wisdom of Egypt.

Psalm 78:12

In the sight of their fathers He performed marvelous wonders in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.

Ezekiel 30:14

I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in Thebes.

Ezekiel 7:26

Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumor shall be upon rumor. Then they shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.

Jeremiah 49:7

Concerning Edom. Thus says the Lord of Hosts: Is there no more wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?

Jeremiah 10:21

For the shepherds have become unthinking and have not sought the Lord. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.

Jeremiah 10:14

Every man is stupid, without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by an idol; for his molded image is false, and there is no breath in them.

Isaiah 44:25

who frustrates the omens of the boasters and makes fools out of diviners, who turns wise men backward and makes their knowledge foolish,

Isaiah 29:14

therefore, behold, I will once again do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.

Isaiah 19:13

The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even those who are the cornerstone of her tribes.

Isaiah 19:3

The spirit of Egypt shall be discouraged in their midst, and I will destroy their counsel; then they shall seek for the idols and for the charmers and for the mediums and the sorcerers.

Proverbs 30:2

Surely I am more stupid than any man, and do not have the understanding of a man.

Psalm 92:6

A brutish man does not know, nor does a fool understand this:

Psalm 73:22

I was foolish and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.

Psalm 33:10

The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the people of no effect.

Job 12:17

He leads counselors away stripped and makes fools of judges.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise men are ashamed; they are dismayed and caught. Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord, and what kind of wisdom do they have?

Jeremiah 46:17

They cried there, “Pharaoh king of Egypt is a tumult. He has let the time appointed pass by!”

Ezekiel 28:17

Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness; I cast you to the ground, I lay you before kings, that they may see you.

Obadiah 1:7

All your confederates have driven you to the border; your allies have deceived and prevailed against you. Those who eat your bread have set a trap for you. You will not detect it.

Exodus 8:4

So the frogs shall come upon you, upon your people, and upon all your servants.’ ”

Exodus 8:14

So they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.

1 Kings 5:10

So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees as he desired.

Obadiah 1:8

On that day, says the Lord, I will destroy the wise out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau.