Isaiah 19:13

Isaiah 19:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The officials of Zoan have become fools, the leaders of Memphis are deceived; the cornerstones of her peoples have led Egypt astray.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The princes of Zoan have become fools; The princes of Noph are deceived; They have also deluded Egypt, Those who are the mainstay of its tribes.

Context of Isaiah 19:13

11The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; Pharaoh’s wise advisers give stupid advice. How dare you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the sages, one well-versed in the writings of the ancient kings?” 12But where, oh where, are your wise men? Let them tell you, let them find out what the Lord who commands armies has planned for Egypt. The officials of Zoan are fools, the officials of Memphis are misled; the rulers of her tribes lead Egypt astray. 14The Lord has made them undiscerning; they lead Egypt astray in all she does, so that she is like a drunk sliding around in his own vomit. 15Egypt will not be able to do a thing, head or tail, shoots and stalk.

Isaiah 19:13 word by word

נֽוֹאֲלוּ֙ שָׂ֣רֵי צֹ֔עַן נִשְּׁא֖וּ שָׂ֣רֵי נֹ֑ף הִתְע֥וּ אֶת־מִצְרַ֖יִם פִּנַּ֥ת שְׁבָטֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• of Zoanצֹ֫עַןtsô‛an · ZoanH6814
• are become foolsיָאַלyâ'al · be foolishH2973
• of Nophנֹף, מֹףnôph · MemphisH5297
• are deceivedנָשָׁאnâshâ' · to deceiveH5377
• they have also seducedתָּעָהtâ‛âh · to go astrayH8582
• Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• the stayפִּנָּהpinnâh · cornerH6438
• of the tribesשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribeH7626

Cross-references for Isaiah 19:13

• Isaiah 19:11The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; Pharaoh’s wise advisers give stupid advice. How dare you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the sages, one well-versed in the writings of the ancient kings?”
• Romans 1:22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools
• Jeremiah 2:16Even the soldiers from Memphis and Tahpanhes have cracked your skulls, people of Israel.
• Jeremiah 46:14“Make an announcement throughout Egypt. Proclaim it in Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpanhes. ‘Take your positions and prepare to do battle. For the enemy army is destroying all the nations around you.’
• Ezekiel 30:13“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: I will destroy the idols, and put an end to the gods of Memphis. There will no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt; so I will make the land of Egypt fearful.
• Numbers 24:17‘I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not close at hand. A star will march forth out of Jacob, and a scepter will rise out of Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab, and the heads of all the sons of Sheth.
• 1 Samuel 14:38Then Saul said, “All you leaders of the army come here. Find out how this sin occurred today.
• Zechariah 10:4From him will come the cornerstone, the wall peg, the battle bow, and every ruler.
• 1 Peter 2:7So you who believe see his value, but for those who do not believe, the stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,

Commentaries on Isaiah 19:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Are deceived "They have caused," etc. - The text has וחתעו vehithu, And they have caused to err. Fifty of Kennicott's MSS., fifty-three of De Rossi's, and one of my own, ancient, thirty-two editions, and the Vulgate and Chaldee. omit the ו vau, and. Stay "Pillars" - פנת pinnath, to be pointed as plural pinnoth, without doubt. So Grotius, and so the Chaldee.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13The princes of Zoan - (the note at Isaiah 19:11). This “repetition” is intensive and emphatic, and shows the deep conviction of the prophet of their folly. The design is to show that “all” the counselors on which the Egyptians depended were fools. The princes of Noph - The Vulgate, the Septuagint, and the Chaldee, render this Memphis,‘ and there is no doubt that this is the city intended. The name Memphis may have easily arisen from Noph. It was written…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Memphis was an ancient capital in Egypt located south of the Nile Delta. It was destroyed by Esarhaddon in 671 BC.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Noph--called also Moph; Greek, Memphis (Ho 9:6); on the western bank of the Nile, capital of Lower Egypt, second only to Thebes in all Egypt: residence of the kings, until the Ptolemies removed to Alexandria; the word means the "port of the good" [Plutarch]. The military caste probably ruled in it: "they also are deceived," in fancying their country secure from Assyrian invasion. stay of ... tribes--rather, "corner-stone of her castes" [Maurer], that…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 19:13

• Memphis
• Noph
• War
• Zoan

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Memphis
• Noph
• Zoan
• Corner
• Crime; Crimes
• Evil
• Ezekiel
• Fool; Folly

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