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Isaiah 19:11

NETBible	The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools;¹ Pharaoh’s wise advisers give stupid advice. How dare you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the sages, one well-versed in the writings of the ancient kings?”²
NIV © biblegateway Isa 19:11	The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; the wise counsellors of Pharaoh give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I am one of the wise men, a disciple of the ancient kings"?
NASB © biblegateway Isa 19:11	The princes of Zoan are mere fools; The advice of Pharaoh’s wisest advisers has become stupid. How can you men say to Pharaoh, "I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings"?
NLT © biblegateway Isa 19:11	What fools are the counselors of Zoan! Their best counsel to the king of Egypt is stupid and wrong. Will they still boast of their wisdom? Will they dare tell Pharaoh about their long line of wise ancestors?
MSG © biblegateway Isa 19:11	The princes of Zoan are fools, the advisors of Pharaoh stupid. How could any of you dare tell Pharaoh, "Trust me: I'm wise. I know what's going on. Why, I'm descended from the old wisdom of Egypt"?
BBE © SABDAweb Isa 19:11	The chiefs of Zoan are completely foolish; the wisest guides of Pharaoh have become like beasts: how do you say to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the offspring of early kings?
NRSV © bibleoremus Isa 19:11	The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the wise counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I am one of the sages, a descendant of ancient kings"?
NKJV © biblegateway Isa 19:11	Surely 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?"
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KJV	Surely the princes <08269> of Zoan <06814> [are] fools <0191>_, the counsel <06098> of the wise <02450> counsellors <03289> (8802) of Pharaoh <06547> is become brutish <01197> (8737)_: how say <0559> (8799) ye unto Pharaoh <06547>_, I [am] the son <01121> of the wise <02450>_, the son <01121> of ancient <06924> kings <04428>_?
NASB © biblegateway Isa 19:11	The princes <08269> of Zoan <06814> are mere <0389> fools <0191> ; The advice <06098> of Pharaoh's <06547> wisest <02450> advisers <03289> has become <01197> stupid <01197> . How <0349> can you men say <0559> to Pharaoh <06547> , "I am a son <01121> of the wise <02450> , a son <01121> of ancient <06924> kings <04428> "?
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ mwroi <3474> A-NPM esontai <1510> V-FMI-3P oi <3588> T-NPM arcontev <758> N-NPM tanewv {N-GSF} oi <3588> T-NPM sofoi <4680> A-NPM sumbouloi <4825> N-NPM tou <3588> T-GSM basilewv <935> N-GSM h <3588> T-NSF boulh <1012> N-NSF autwn <846> D-GPM mwranyhsetai <3471> V-FPI-3S pwv <4459> ADV ereite {V-FAI-2P} tw <3588> T-DSM basilei <935> N-DSM uioi <5207> N-NPM sunetwn <4908> A-GPM hmeiv <1473> P-NP uioi <5207> N-NPM basilewn <935> N-GPM twn <3588> T-GPM ex <1537> PREP archv <746> N-GSF
NET [draft] ITL	The officials <08269> of Zoan <06814> are nothing but <0389> fools <0196> ; Pharaoh’s <06547> wise <02450> advisers <06098> give stupid <01197> advice <06098> . How <0349> dare you say <0559> to <0413> Pharaoh <06547> , “I <0589> am one <01121> of the sages <02450> , one <01121> well-versed in the writings of the ancient <06924> kings <04428> ?”
HEBREW	Mdq <06924> yklm <04428> Nb <01121> yna <0589> Mymkx <02450> Nb <01121> herp <06547> la <0413> wrmat <0559> Kya <0349> hrebn <01197> hue <06098> herp <06547> yuey <06098> ymkx <02450> Neu <06814> yrv <08269> Mylwa <0196> Ka (19:11) <0389>

NETBible

The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools;¹ Pharaoh’s wise advisers give stupid advice. How dare you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the sages, one well-versed in the writings of the ancient kings?”²

NET Notes

¹tn Or “certainly the officials of Zoan are fools.” אַךְ (’akh) can carry the sense, “only, nothing but,” or “certainly, surely.”

²tn Heb “A son of wise men am I, a son of ancient kings.” The term בֶּן (ben, “son of”) could refer to literal descent, but many understand the word, at least in the first line, in its idiomatic sense of “member [of a guild].” See HALOT 138 s.v. בֶּן and J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:371. If this is the case, then one can take the word in a figurative sense in the second line as well, the “son of ancient kings” being one devoted to their memory as preserved in their literature.