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 princes of Zoan are utter fools. Pharaoh’s wisest counselors are stupid. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”? 12Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you now! Let them know what Adonai-Tzva’ot has purposed against Egypt. The princes of Zoan are fools. the princes of Noph are deceived. The cornerstone of her tribes have led Egypt astray. 14Adonai has mixed within her a spirit of dizziness. They make Egypt stagger in every work, as a drunkard staggers in his vomit. 15There will be no work for Egypt to do, for head or tail, palm branch or rush.

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 princes of Zoan are utter fools. Pharaoh’s wisest counselors are stupid. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?
• Romans 1:22Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
• Jeremiah 2:16Even the sons of Noph and Tahpanhes have grazed on the crown of your head.
• Jeremiah 46:14“Declare it in Egypt, proclaim in Migdol, and announce in Noph and Tahpanhes. Say: ‘Stand up and get ready! For the sword has devoured all around you.
• Ezekiel 30:13Thus says Adonai Elohim: “I will destroy the idols. I will destroy the pagan gods from Noph. There will no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt. I will strike terror in the land of Egypt.
• Numbers 24:17‘I see him, yet not at this moment. I behold him, yet not in this location. For a star will come from Jacob, a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of all the sons of Seth.
• 1 Samuel 14:38Then Saul said, “Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people; investigate and see how this sin was committed today.
• Zechariah 10:4From Judah will come the cornerstone, from him the tent peg, from him the battle bow and from him every leader together.
• 1 Peter 2:7Now the value is for you who keep trusting; but for those who do not trust, “The stone which the builders rejected— this One 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