1 Corinthians 1:19 - Revised Standard Version

¹⁹ For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the cleverness of the clever I will thwart.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ For it is written, I will baffle and render useless and destroy the learning of the learned and the philosophy of the philosophers and the cleverness of the clever and the discernment of the discerning; I will frustrate and nullify [them] and bring [them] to nothing. [Isa. 29:14.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ It is written in scripture: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will reject the intelligence of the intelligent”.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ For it has been written: "I will perish the wisdom of the wise, and I will reject the discernment of the prudent."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the prudence of the prudent I will reject.

1 Corinthians 1:19 Tagairtí Cros

Isaiah 19:11

The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the wise counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?

Isaiah 19:3

and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out, and I will confound their plans; and they will consult the idols and the sorcerers, and the mediums and the wizards;

Isaiah 29:14

therefore, behold, I will again do marvelous things with this people, wonderful and marvelous; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hid.”

Jeremiah 10:7

Who would not fear thee, O King of the nations? For this is thy due; for among all the wise ones of the nations and in all their kingdoms there is none like thee.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise men shall be put to shame, they shall be dismayed and taken; lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord, and what wisdom is in them?

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,”

1 Corinthians 4:10

We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.

1 Corinthians 4:6

I have applied all this to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brethren, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another.