Isaiah 19:11
Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
Context
This verse from Isaiah Chapter 19 connects to 10 cross-references. The oracle against Egypt describes internal civil war, failed agriculture when the Nile fails to rise, and confusion in Egyptian wisdom. But remarkably the oracle concludes with a vision of Egypt, Assyria, and Israel as a triple blessing in the …
Other Translations
The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the counsel of the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
Only, fools <FI>are<Fi> the princes of Zoan, The counsel of the wise ones of the counsellors of Pharaoh hath become brutish. How say ye unto Pharaoh, `A son of the wise am I, a son of kings of antiquity?'
The chiefs of Zoan are completely foolish; the wisest guides of Pharaoh have become like beasts: how do you say to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the offspring of early kings?
Cross References
And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the …
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise …
And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. …
And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.