Isaiah 19:11

New American Bible - revised edition

Utter fools are the princes of Zoan! the wisest of Pharaoh’s advisers give stupid counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am a descendant of wise men, of ancient kings”?

Cross References

1 Kings 5:10

Solomon’s wisdom surpassed that of all the peoples of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.

Job 12:17

He sends counselors away barefoot, makes fools of judges.

Psalm 33:10

The Lord foils the plan of nations, frustrates the designs of peoples.

Psalm 73:22

I was stupid and could not understand; I was like a brute beast in your presence.

Psalm 78:12

In the sight of their ancestors God did wonders, in the land of Egypt, the plain of Zoan.

Psalm 78:43

When he performed his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the plain of Zoan.

Psalm 92:6

How great are your works, Lord! How profound your designs!

Exodus 8:14

Though the magicians did the same thing to produce gnats by their magic arts, they could not do so. The gnats were on human being and beast alike,

Exodus 8:4

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the Lord to remove the frogs from me and my people, and I will let the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.”

Proverbs 30:2

I am more brute than human being, without even human intelligence;

Isaiah 19:13

The princes of Zoan have become fools, the princes of Memphis have been deceived. The chiefs of its tribes have led Egypt astray.

Isaiah 19:3

The courage of the Egyptians shall ebb away within them, and I will bring their counsel to nought; They shall consult idols and charmers, ghosts and clairvoyants.

Isaiah 29:14

Therefore I will again deal with this people in surprising and wondrous fashion: The wisdom of the wise shall perish, the prudence of the prudent shall vanish.

Isaiah 30:4

When his princes are at Zoan and his messengers reach Hanes,

Isaiah 44:25

I bring to nought the omens of babblers, make fools of diviners, Turn back the wise and make their knowledge foolish.

Jeremiah 10:14

Everyone is too stupid to know; every artisan is put to shame by his idol: He has molded a fraud, without breath of life.

Jeremiah 10:21

How stupid are the shepherds! The Lord they have not sought; For this reason they have failed, and all their flocks scattered.

Jeremiah 46:17

Give Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the name “Braggart-missed-his-chance.”

Jeremiah 49:7

Concerning Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts: Is there no more wisdom in Teman, has counsel perished from the prudent, is their wisdom gone?

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise are put to shame, terrified, and trapped; Since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what sort of wisdom do they have?

Ezekiel 28:17

Your heart had grown haughty because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. I cast you to the ground, I made you a spectacle in the sight of kings.

Ezekiel 30:14

I will devastate Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment against Thebes.

Ezekiel 7:26

Disaster after disaster, rumor upon rumor. They keep seeking a vision from the prophet; instruction from the priest is missing, and counsel from the elders.

Obadiah 1:7

To the border they have driven you— all your allies; Your partners have deceived you, they have overpowered you; Those who eat your bread will replace you with foreigners, who have no understanding.

Obadiah 1:8

On that day—oracle of the Lord—will I not make the wise disappear from Edom, and understanding from Mount Esau?

Numbers 13:22

Going up by way of the Negeb, they reached Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, descendants of the Anakim, were. (Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

Acts 7:22

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