David was told that Ahithophel was among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, “O Lord, I pray you, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”
1 Corinthians 3:19 - New Revised Standard Version For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For this world's wisdom is foolishness (absurdity and stupidity) with God, for it is written, He lays hold of the wise in their [own] craftiness; [Job 5:13.] American Standard Version (1901) For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness: Common English Bible This world’s wisdom is foolishness to God. As it’s written, “He catches the wise in their cleverness.” Catholic Public Domain Version For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. And so it has been written: "I will catch the wise in their own astuteness." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written: I will catch the wise in their own craftiness. |
David was told that Ahithophel was among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, “O Lord, I pray you, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”
Now in those days the counsel that Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the oracle of God; so all the counsel of Ahithophel was esteemed, both by David and by Absalom.
Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring ruin on Absalom.
When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order, and hanged himself; he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.
He takes the wise in their own craftiness; and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase and, in the event of war, join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.”
Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods, because he delivered the people from the Egyptians, when they dealt arrogantly with them.”
It is the wisdom of the clever to understand where they go, but the folly of fools misleads.
who frustrates the omens of liars, and makes fools of diviners; who turns back the wise, and makes their knowledge foolish;
Yet among the mature we do speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to perish.
I have applied all this to Apollos and myself for your benefit, brothers and sisters, so that you may learn through us the meaning of the saying, “Nothing beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of one against another.
We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming.
Such wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish.