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 Living Translation (NLT)The officials of Zoan are fools, and the officials of Memphis are deluded. The leaders of the people have led Egypt astray.

Context of Isaiah 19:13

11Surely the princes of Zoan are fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give foolish counsel. How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise, The son of ancient kings?” 12Where 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. 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. 14The Lord has mingled a perverse spirit in her midst; And they have caused Egypt to err in all her work, As a drunken man staggers in his vomit. 15Neither will there be any work for Egypt, Which the head or tail, Palm branch or bulrush, may do.

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 19:11Surely the princes of Zoan are fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give foolish counsel. How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise, The son of ancient kings?”
• Romans 1:22Professing to be wise, they became fools,
• Jeremiah 2:16Also the people of Noph and Tahpanhes Have broken the crown of your head.
• Jeremiah 46:14“Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol; Proclaim in Noph and in Tahpanhes; Say, ‘Stand fast and prepare yourselves, For the sword devours all around you.’
• Ezekiel 30:13‘Thus says the Lord God: “I will also destroy the idols, And cause the images to cease from Noph; There shall no longer be princes from the land of Egypt; I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
• Numbers 24:17“I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; A Star shall come out of Jacob; A Scepter shall rise out of Israel, And batter the brow of Moab, And destroy all the sons of tumult.
• 1 Samuel 14:38And Saul said, “Come over here, all you chiefs of the people, and know and see what this sin was today.
• Zechariah 10:4From him comes the cornerstone, From him the tent peg, From him the battle bow, From him every ruler together.
• 1 Peter 2:7Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief 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
• Memphis
• Noph
• Zoan
• Corner
• Crime; Crimes
• Evil
• Ezekiel
• Fool; Folly
• Isaiah

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