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


In Context

16 (Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don't remember if I baptized anyone else.)

17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel--not with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

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

20 Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.

1st 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and set aside the understanding of the understanding ones.

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.