Isaiah 44:25 - Easy To Read Version

²⁵ False prophets {\cf2\super [397]} tell lies, but the Lord shows their lies are false. The Lord makes foolish people of the men that do magic. The Lord confuses even wise men. They think they know much, but the Lord makes them look foolish.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ that frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ [I am the Lord] Who frustrates the signs and confounds the omens [upon which the false prophets' forecasts of the future are based] of the [boasting] liars and makes fools of diviners, Who turns the wise backward and makes their knowledge foolishness, [I Cor. 1:20.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ that frustrateth the signs of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

Common English Bible

²⁵ who frustrates the omens of diviners and makes a mockery of magicians, who turns back the wise and turns their knowledge into folly.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ I make the signs of the diviners useless, and I turn the seers to madness. I turn the wise backwards, and make their knowledge into foolishness.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁵ That make void the tokens of diviners and make the soothsayers mad: that turn the wise backward, and that: make their knowledge foolish:

Isaiah 44:25 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 15:31

A person told David, “Ahithophel is one of the people who made plans with Absalom.” Then David prayed, “Lord, I ask you to make Ahithophel’s advice useless.”

2 Samuel 16:23

At that time, the advice of Ahithophel was very {important} to both David and Absalom. It was as {important as} God’s word to a man.

2 Samuel 17:23

Ahithophel saw that the Israelites did not accept his advice. Ahithophel put a saddle on his donkey and went back to his home town. He made plans for his family and then he hanged himself. After Ahithophel died, the people buried him in his father’s tomb. [101]

1 Kings 22:37

So that is the way King Ahab died. Some men carried his body to Samaria. They buried him there.

2 Chronicles 18:11

All the prophets said the same thing. They said, “Go to the town of Ramoth Gilead. You will have success and win. The Lord will let the king defeat the Aramean people.”

Psalm 33:10

The Lord can make everyone’s advice useless.\par He can ruin all their plans.\par

Exodus 9:11

The magicians could not stop Moses from doing this, because even the magicians had the boils. This happened everywhere in Egypt.

Isaiah 19:3

The people of Egypt will be confused. The people will ask their false gods and wise men what they should do. The people will ask their wizards and magicians. But their advice will be worthless.”

Isaiah 29:14

So I will continue to amaze these people by doing powerful and amazing things. Their wise men will lose their wisdom. Their wise men will not be able to understand.”

Jeremiah 49:7

This message is about Edom.

Jeremiah 50:36

Sword, kill the priests of Babylon.\par Those priests will be like foolish people.\par Sword, kill the soldiers of Babylon.\par Those soldiers will be full of terror.\par

Jeremiah 51:57

I will make Babylon’s wise men\par and important officials drunk.\par I will make the governors, officers,\par and soldiers drunk too.\par Then they will sleep forever.\par They will never wake up.”\par The King said these things.\par His name is the Lord All-Powerful.\par

Daniel 1:20

Every time the king asked them about something important, they showed much wisdom and understanding. The king found they were ten times better than all the magic men and wise men in his kingdom.

Daniel 4:7

When the men of magic, and the Chaldeans {\cf2\super [40]} came, I told them about the dream. But those men could not tell me what it meant.

Hosea 9:7

The prophet says, “Israel, learn these things: The time of punishment has come. The time has come for you to pay \{for the evil things you did\}.” But the people of Israel say, “The prophet is a fool. This man with \{God’s\} Spirit is crazy.” The prophet says, “You will be punished for your bad sins. You will be punished for your hate.”

Micah 3:7

The seers {\cf2\super [39]} are ashamed.\par The fortune tellers {\cf2\super [40]} are embarrassed.\par They won’t say anything\par because God will not speak to them!\par

Zechariah 10:2

People use their little statues and magic to learn the things that will happen in the future—but that is all useless. Those people see visions and tell about their dreams, but it is nothing but worthless lies. So the people are like sheep wandering here and there crying for help—but there is no shepherd to lead them.

Numbers 23:23

There is no power that can defeat the people of Jacob. [297] There is no magic that can stop the people of Israel. People will say this about Jacob and about the people of Israel: ‘Look at the great things God did!’