Isaiah 5:21
19 to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”
20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
22 Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing beer,
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
- KJV
- Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
- WEB
- Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
- ASV
- Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
- DARBY
- Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem!
- BLB
- Woe [to] the wise ones in their own eyes, and before their own faces discerning.
- ÅB
- Ve dem som er vise i egne øyne og forstandige i egne tanker!
- OTB
- Ve dem som anser seg selv som vise og oppfatter seg selv som kloke.
- B1930
- Ve dem som er vise i egne øine og forstandige i egne tanker!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 3:18–20
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
Read in contextProverbs 3:7
Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
Read in contextRomans 12:16
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.
Read in contextProverbs 26:12
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Read in contextProverbs 26:16
The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
Read in contextRomans 1:22
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
Read in contextJohn 9:41
“If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”
Read in contextJob 11:12
But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
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