Isaiah 19:12

Isaiah 19:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the Lord of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
• New International Version (NIV)Where are your wise men now? Let them show you and make known what the Lord Almighty has planned against Egypt.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Where are they? Where are your wise men? Let them tell you now, And let them know what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Where are your wise counselors, Pharaoh? Let them tell you what God plans, what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies is going to do to Egypt.

Context of Isaiah 19:12

10Those who are the pillars of the land will be crushed, and all who work for pay will be grieved. 11The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings"? Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you that they might know what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt. 13The princes of Zoan have become fools, and the princes of Memphis are deluded; those who are the cornerstones of her tribes have made Egypt stagger. 14The Lord has mingled within her a spirit of confusion, and they will make Egypt stagger in all its deeds, as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

Isaiah 19:12 word by word

אַיָּם֙ אֵפ֣וֹא חֲכָמֶ֔יךָ וְיַגִּ֥ידוּ נָ֖א לָ֑ךְ וְיֵ֣דְע֔וּ מַה־יָּעַ֛ץ יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת עַל־מִצְרָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whereאַי'ay · where?H335
• they? whereאֵפוֹ'êphô 'êphô' · thenH645
• thy wiseחָכָםchâkâm · wiseH2450
• and let them tellנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• thee now, and let them knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• what the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• hath purposedיָעַץyâ‛ats · to adviseH3289
• upon Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714

Cross-references for Isaiah 19:12

• Isaiah 5:21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!
• Isaiah 47:10You felt secure in your wickedness; you said, "No one sees me"; your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, "I am, and there is no one besides me."
• Judges 9:38Then Zebul said to him, "Where is your mouth now, you who said, 'Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?' Are not these the people whom you despised? Go out now and fight with them."
• Jeremiah 2:28But where are your gods that you made for yourself? Let them arise, if they can save you, in your time of trouble; for as many as your cities are your gods, O Judah.
• 1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
• Isaiah 40:13Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord, or what man shows him his counsel?
• Isaiah 41:22Let them bring them, and tell us what is to happen. Tell us the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, that we may know their outcome; or declare to us the things to come.
• Isaiah 44:7Who is like me? Let him proclaim it. Let him declare and set it before me, since I appointed an ancient people. Let them declare what is to come, and what will happen.
• Job 11:6and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.
• Romans 11:33Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

Commentaries on Isaiah 19:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12"Let them come" - Here too a word seems to have been left out of the text. After חכמיך chochameycha, thy wise men, two MSS., one ancient, add יבאו yibu, let them come; which, if we consider the form and construction of the sentence, has very much the appearance of being genuine: otherwise the connective conjunction at the beginning of the next member is not only superfluous but embarrassing. See also the Version of the Septuagint, in which the same…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Where are they? - This whole verse is an appeal by the prophet to the king of Egypt respecting the counselors and soothsayers of his kingdom. The sense is, a time of distress and danger is evidently coming upon Egypt. They pretend to be wise; and there is now occasion for all their wisdom, and opportunity to evince it. Let them show it. Let them declare what is coming upon the nation, and take proper measures to meet and remove it; and they will then…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Where are your wise men now?: Compare 1 Corinthians 1:20.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. let them know--that is, How is it that, with all their boast of knowing the future [Diodorus, 1.81], they do not know what Jehovah of hosts ...Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 19:12

• Sorcery
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In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Wise men
• Lord of Hosts
• Evil
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah
• Wisdom
• wise, wisdom

Commentaries on Isaiah 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings