Isaiah 19:12

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Isaiah 19:12

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt.

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KJV

King James Version

Where [are] they? where [are] thy wise [men]? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.

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WEB

World English Bible

Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you now; and let them know what the LORD of Armies has purposed concerning Egypt.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Where then are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now; and let them know what Jehovah of hosts hath purposed concerning Egypt.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Isaiah 19

¹⁰ The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the hired workers will be sick at heart.

¹¹ The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?

¹² Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt.

¹³ The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.

¹⁴ The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit.

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