19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and set aside the understanding of the understanding ones.


In Context

16 Yes, I baptised also the house of Stephanas; for the rest I know not if I have baptised any other.

17 For Christ has not sent me to baptise, but to preach glad tidings; not in wisdom of word, that the cross of the Christ may not be made vain.

18 For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but to us that are saved it is God's power.

19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and set aside the understanding of the understanding ones.

20 Where is the wise? where scribe? where disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom has not known God, God has been pleased by the foolishness of the preaching to save those that believe.

1 Corinthians 1:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:19For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:19For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the prudence of the prudent I will reject.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the prudence of the prudent will I reject.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:19For it is written, |I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:19for it hath been written, 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will bring to nought;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.