1 Corinthians 3:19

New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data

"For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For the

חׇכְמָה

chokmâh

H2451

wisdom (in a good sense)

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of this

תֵּבֵל

têbêl

H8398

the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia,...

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is

אִוֶּלֶת

ʼivveleth

H200

silliness

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with

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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For it is

כָּתַב

kâthab

H3789

to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)

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He

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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the

חָכָם

châkâm

H2450

wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)

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in their own

עֹרֶם

ʻôrem

H6193

a stratagem

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Key Terms in This Verse

craftiness H6193

עֹרֶם ʻôrem

a stratagem

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foolishness H200

אִוֶּלֶת ʼivveleth

silliness

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taketh H3947

לָקַח lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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wisdom H2451

חׇכְמָה chokmâh

wisdom (in a good sense)

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wise H2450

חָכָם châkâm

wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)

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written H3789

כָּתַב kâthab

to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)

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world H8398

תֵּבֵל têbêl

the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine

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God H430

אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...

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Cross References

Job 5:13 cross-reference

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

Psalm 141:10 cross-reference

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.

Isaiah 44:25 cross-reference

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

1 Corinthians 2:6 cross-reference

Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

2 Samuel 16:23 cross-reference

And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

Exodus 18:11 cross-reference

Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

2 Samuel 15:31 cross-reference

And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

2 Samuel 17:23 cross-reference

And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and ...

2 Samuel 17:14 cross-reference

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the inte...

Exodus 1:10 cross-reference

Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of t...

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