12Where are your wise men now? Let them show you and make known what the Lord Almighty has planned against Egypt.


In Context

9 Those who work with combed flax will despair, the weavers of fine linen will lose hope.

10 The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.

11 The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; the wise counselors of Pharaoh give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I am one of the wise men, a disciple of the ancient kings"?

12 Where are your wise men now? Let them show you and make known what the Lord Almighty has planned against Egypt.

13 The officials of Zoan have become fools, the leaders of Memphis are deceived; the cornerstones of her peoples have led Egypt astray.

14 The Lord has poured into them a spirit of dizziness; they make Egypt stagger in all that she does, as a drunkard staggers around in his vomit.

Isaiah 19:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:12Where [are] they? where [are] thy wise [men?] and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:12Where are now thy wise men? let them tell thee, and shew what the Lord of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:12Where then are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now; and let them know what Jehovah of hosts hath purposed concerning Egypt.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:12Where are they then, thy wise men? Let them now tell thee, and let them make known what Jehovah of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:12Where then are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now; and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed concerning Egypt.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:12Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:12Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you now; and let them know what Yahweh of Armies has purposed concerning Egypt.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:12Where are they now, thy wise ones? Yea, let them tell to thee, I pray thee, And they know what Jehovah of Hosts hath counselled against Egypt!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:12Where are they? where are your wise men? and let them tell you now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts has purposed on Egypt.