The princes of Zoan are complete fools; Pharaoh’s wisest advisers give stupid advice! How can you say to Pharaoh, ‘I am one of the wise, a student of eastern kings’?
Obadiah 1:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised In that day – this is the Lord’s declaration – will I not eliminate the wise ones of Edom and those who understand from the hill country of Esau? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Will not I in that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom and [men of] understanding out of Mount Esau [Idumea, a mountainous region]? American Standard Version (1901) Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? Common English Bible Won’t I on that day, says the LORD, destroy the wise from Edom and understanding from Mount Esau? Catholic Public Domain Version Shall I not, in that day, says the Lord, wipe away understanding from Idumea and foresight from the mount of Esau? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Shall not I in that day, saith the Lord, destroy the wise out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? |
The princes of Zoan are complete fools; Pharaoh’s wisest advisers give stupid advice! How can you say to Pharaoh, ‘I am one of the wise, a student of eastern kings’?
Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you and reveal what the Lord of Armies has planned against Egypt.
Egypt’s spirit will be disturbed within it, and I will frustrate its plans. Then they will enquire of worthless idols, ghosts, mediums, and spiritists.
Therefore, I will again confound these people with wonder after wonder. The wisdom of their wise will vanish, and the perception of their perceptive will be hidden.