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

H4191

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

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the

שַׂר

sar

H8269

a head person (of any rank or class)

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of

צֹעַן

Tsôʻan

H6814

Tsoan, a place in Egypt

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are

כְּסִיל

kᵉçîyl

H3684

properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly

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the

עֵצָה

ʻêtsâh

H6098

advice; by implication, plan; also prudence

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of the

חָכָם

châkâm

H2450

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

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יָעַץ

yâʻats

H3289

to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve

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of

פַּרְעֹה

Parʻôh

H6547

Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings

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הָיָה

hâyâh

H1961

to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

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בָּעַר

bâʻar

H1197

to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish

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how

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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ye unto

פַּרְעֹה

Parʻôh

H6547

Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings

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I am the

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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of the

חָכָם

châkâm

H2450

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

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the

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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of

עוֹלָם

ʻôwlâm

H5769

properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (...

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מֶלֶךְ

melek

H4428

a king

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Key Terms in This Verse

Zoan H6814

צֹעַן Tsôʻan

Tsoan, a place in Egypt

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brutish H1197

בָּעַר bâʻar

to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish

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counsellors H3289

יָעַץ yâʻats

to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve

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ancient H5769

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

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fools H3684

כְּסִיל kᵉçîyl

properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly

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become H1961

הָיָה hâyâh

to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

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counsel H6098

עֵצָה ʻêtsâh

advice; by implication, plan; also prudence

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wise H2450

חָכָם châkâm

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

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wise H2450

חָכָם châkâm

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

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princes H8269

שַׂר sar

a head person (of any rank or class)

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Cross References

Numbers 13:22 cross-reference

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.)

Isaiah 30:4 cross-reference

For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

Psalm 78:43 cross-reference

How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:

1 Kings 4:30 cross-reference

And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

Acts 7:22 cross-reference

And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.

Psalm 78:12 cross-reference

Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

Proverbs 30:2 cross-reference

Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

Psalm 73:22 cross-reference

So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

Job 12:17 cross-reference

He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

Jeremiah 10:21 cross-reference

For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

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;

Isaiah 19:3 cross-reference

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...

Jeremiah 10:14 cross-reference

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.

Jeremiah 49:7 cross-reference

Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?

Ezekiel 7:26 cross-reference

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.

Isaiah 19:13 cross-reference

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.

Isaiah 29:14 cross-reference

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 ...

Psalm 33:10 cross-reference

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

Ezekiel 30:14 cross-reference

And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.

Psalm 92:6 cross-reference

A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

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