Isaiah 19:11
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"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?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
כְּסִיל
kᵉçîyl
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
עֵצָה
ʻêtsâh
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
חָכָם
châkâm
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
יָעַץ
yâʻats
to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve
פַּרְעֹה
Parʻôh
Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
הָיָה
hâyâh
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
בָּעַר
bâʻar
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
פַּרְעֹה
Parʻôh
Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
חָכָם
châkâm
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
עוֹלָם
ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (...
Key Terms in This Verse
בָּעַר bâʻar
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
Study H1197 →עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
Study H5769 →הָיָה hâyâh
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
Study H1961 →Cross References
And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to t...
Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.
Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent ...
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
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