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In the morning his mind was troubled, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
So in the
morning his
spirit was
troubled, and he
sent and
called for
all the
magicians of
Egypt and
all its
wise men.
Pharaoh told them his
dreams, but there was
none who could
interpret them to
Pharaoh.
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‘And now let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man and put him in charge of the land of Egypt.
Now therefore let
Pharaoh select a
discerning and
wise man, and
set him
over the
land of
Egypt.
(NIV)
Pharaoh then summoned the wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts:
Then
Pharaoh summoned the
wise men and the
sorcerers, and they, the
magicians of
Egypt, also
did the
same by their
secret arts.
(NIV)
Choose some wise, understanding and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you.’
Choose for your
tribes wise,
understanding, and
experienced men, and I will
appoint them as your
heads.’
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So I took the leading men of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them to have authority over you – as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens and as tribal officials.
So I
took the
heads of your
tribes,
wise and
experienced men,
and
set them as
heads over you,
commanders of
thousands,
commanders of
hundreds,
commanders of
fifties,
commanders of
tens, and
officers, throughout your
tribes.
(NIV)
So Joab sent someone to Tekoa and had a wise woman brought from there. He said to her, ‘Pretend you are in mourning. Dress in mourning clothes, and don’t use any cosmetic lotions. Act like a woman who has spent many days grieving for the dead.
And
Joab sent to
Tekoa and
brought from there a
wise woman and
said to her, “Pretend to be a
mourner and
put on mourning garments.
Do
not anoint yourself with
oil, but behave like a
woman who has been
mourning many days for the
dead.
(NIV)
a wise woman called from the city, ‘Listen! Listen! Tell Joab to come here so that I can speak to him.’
Then a
wise woman called from the
city, “
Listen!
Listen!
Tell Joab, ‘
Come here, that I may
speak to you.’”
(NIV)
Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bikri and threw it to Joab. So he sounded the trumpet, and his men dispersed from the city, each returning to his home. And Joab went back to the king in Jerusalem.
Then the
woman went to
all the
people in her
wisdom. And they
cut off the
head of
Sheba the
son of
Bichri and
threw it out to
Joab. So he
blew the
trumpet, and they
dispersed from the
city,
every
man to his
home. And
Joab returned to
Jerusalem to the
king.
(NIV)
But now, do not consider him innocent. You are a man of wisdom; you will know what to do to him. Bring his grey head down to the grave in blood.’
Now therefore do
not hold him
guiltless,
for you are a
wise man. You will
know what you ought to
do to him, and you shall bring his
gray head down with
blood to
Sheol.”
(NIV)
Since it was customary for the king to consult experts in matters of law and justice, he spoke with the wise men who understood the times
Then the
king said to the
wise men who
knew the
times (for this was the
king’s procedure toward all who were
versed in
law and
judgment,
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and told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him.
His advisors and his wife Zeresh said to him, ‘Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has started, is of Jewish origin, you cannot stand against him – you will surely come to ruin!’
And
Haman told his
wife Zeresh and
all his
friends everything that had
happened to him. Then his
wise men and his
wife Zeresh said to him, “
If Mordecai,
before whom you have
begun to
fall, is of the
Jewish people, you will
not overcome him but will
surely fall before him.”
(NIV)
But the witless can no more become wise
than a wild donkey’s colt can be born human.
But a
stupid man will get
understanding when a
wild donkey’s colt is
born a
man!
(NIV)
‘Would a wise person answer with empty notions
or fill their belly with the hot east wind?
“Should a
wise man answer with
windy knowledge,
and
fill his
belly with the
east wind?
(NIV)
what the wise have declared,
hiding nothing received from their ancestors
(what
wise men have
told,
without hiding it from their
fathers,
(NIV)
‘But come on, all of you, try again!
I will not find a wise man among you.
But you,
come on again,
all of you,
and I shall
not find a
wise man among you.
(NIV)
‘Can a man be of benefit to God?
Can even a wise person benefit him?
“Can a
man be
profitable to
God?
Surely he who is
wise is
profitable to himself.
(NIV)
‘Hear my words, you wise men;
listen to me, you men of learning.
“
Hear my
words, you
wise men,
and
give ear to me, you who
know;
(NIV)
‘Men of understanding declare,
wise men who hear me say to me,
Men of
understanding will
say to me,
and the
wise man who
hears me will say:
(NIV)
Therefore, people revere him,
for does he not have regard for all the wise in heart? ’
Therefore men fear him;
he does
not regard any who are
wise in their own
conceit.”
(NIV)
For all can see that the wise die,
that the foolish and the senseless also perish,
leaving their wealth to others.
For he
sees that even the
wise die;
the
fool and the
stupid alike must
perish and
leave their
wealth to
others.
(NIV)
Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you;
rebuke the wise and they will love you.
Do
not reprove a
scoffer,
or he will
hate you;
reprove a
wise man, and he will
love you.
(NIV)
Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still;
teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.
Give instruction to a
wise man, and he will be
still wiser;
teach a
righteous man, and he will
increase in
learning.
(NIV)
The way of fools seems right to them,
but the wise listen to advice.
The
way of a
fool is
right in his own
eyes,
but a
wise man
listens to
advice.
(NIV)
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,
turning a person from the snares of death.
The
teaching of the
wise is a
fountain of
life,
that one may
turn away from the
snares of
death.
(NIV)
A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
A
wise son makes a
glad father,
but a
foolish man despises his
mother.
(NIV)
A king’s wrath is a messenger of death,
but the wise will appease it.
A
king’s wrath is a
messenger of
death,
and a
wise man will
appease it.
(NIV)
When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom;
by paying attention to the wise they get knowledge.
When a
scoffer is
punished, the
simple becomes
wise;
when a
wise man is
instructed, he
gains knowledge.
(NIV)
The wise store up choice food and olive oil,
but fools gulp theirs down.
Precious treasure and
oil are in a
wise man’s dwelling,
but a
foolish man devours it.
(NIV)
One who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty
and pull down the stronghold in which they trust.
A
wise man scales the
city of the
mighty and brings
down the
stronghold in which they
trust.
(NIV)
The father of a righteous child has great joy;
a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.
The
father of the
righteous will
greatly rejoice;
he who
fathers a
wise son will be
glad in him.
(NIV)
The wise prevail through great power,
and those who have knowledge muster their strength.
A
wise man is full of
strength,
and a
man of
knowledge enhances his
might,
(NIV)
Surely you need guidance to wage war,
and victory is won through many advisors.
for by wise
guidance you
can wage your
war,
and in
abundance of
counselors there is
victory.
(NIV)
Do you see a person wise in their own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for them.
Do you
see a
man who is
wise in his own
eyes?
There is more
hope for a
fool than for him.
(NIV)
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart;
then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.
Be
wise,
my
son, and make my
heart glad,
that I may
answer him who
reproaches me.
(NIV)
The rich are wise in their own eyes;
one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.
A
rich man is
wise in his own
eyes,
but a
poor man who has
understanding will find him
out.
(NIV)
If a wise person goes to court with a fool,
the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.
If a
wise man has an
argument with a
fool,
the
fool only
rages and
laughs, and there is
no quiet.
(NIV)
Fools give full vent to their rage,
but the wise bring calm in the end.
A
fool gives full vent to his
spirit,
but a
wise man
quietly holds it
back.
(NIV)
What advantage have the wise over fools?
What do the poor gain
by knowing how to conduct themselves before others?
For what advantage has the
wise man over the
fool? And
what does the
poor man have who
knows how to
conduct himself
before the
living?
(NIV)
It is better to heed the rebuke of a wise person
than to listen to the song of fools.
It is
better for a
man to
hear the
rebuke of the
wise than to
hear the
song of
fools.
(NIV)
Wisdom makes one wise person more powerful
than ten rulers in a city.
Wisdom gives strength to the
wise man
more than
ten rulers who are in a
city.
(NIV)
Who is like the wise?
Who knows the explanation of things?
A person’s wisdom brightens their face
and changes its hard appearance.
Who is like the
wise?
And
who knows the
interpretation of a
thing?
A
man’s wisdom makes his
face shine,
and the
hardness of his
face is
changed.
(NIV)
then I saw all that God has done. No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all their efforts to search it out, no one can discover its meaning. Even if the wise claim they know, they cannot really comprehend it.
then I
saw all the
work of
God, that
man cannot find out the
work that is
done under the
sun.
However much man may
toil in
seeking, he will
not find it out. Even though a
wise man claims to
know,
he
cannot find it out.
(NIV)
So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God’s hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them.
But
all this I
laid to
heart,
examining it all,
how the
righteous and the
wise and their
deeds are in the
hand of
God.
Whether it is
love or
hate,
man does
not know;
both are
before him.
(NIV)
Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man.
But there was
found in it a
poor,
wise man, and
he by his
wisdom delivered the
city. Yet
no one remembered that
poor man.
(NIV)
The heart of the wise inclines to the right,
but the heart of the fool to the left.
A
wise man’s
heart inclines him to the
right,
but a
fool’s heart to the
left.
(NIV)
Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious,
but fools are consumed by their own lips.
The
words of a
wise man’s
mouth win him
favor,
but the
lips of a
fool consume him.
(NIV)
Not only was the Teacher wise, but also he imparted knowledge to the people. He pondered and searched out and set in order many proverbs.
Besides being
wise,
the
Preacher also taught the
people knowledge,
weighing and
studying and
arranging many proverbs with great care.
(NIV)
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’?
The
princes of
Zoan are
utterly foolish;
the
wisest counselors of
Pharaoh give
stupid counsel.
How can you
say to
Pharaoh,
“I am a
son of the
wise,
a
son of
ancient kings”?
(NIV)
Where are your wise men now?
Let them show you and make known
what the
Lord Almighty
has planned against Egypt.
Where then are your
wise men?
Let them
tell you
that they might
know what the
Lord of
hosts has
purposed against Egypt.
(NIV)
Therefore once more I will astound these people
with wonder upon wonder;
the wisdom of the wise will perish,
the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.’
therefore,
behold,
I will
again do
wonderful things with
this people,
with
wonder upon wonder;
and the
wisdom of their
wise men shall
perish,
and the
discernment of their
discerning men shall be
hidden.”
(NIV)
Yet he too is wise and can bring disaster;
he does not take back his words.
He will rise up against that wicked nation,
against those who help evildoers.
And
yet he is
wise and
brings disaster;
he does
not call back his
words,
but will
arise against the
house of the
evildoers and
against the
helpers of those who
work iniquity.
(NIV)
who foils the signs of false prophets
and makes fools of diviners,
who overthrows the learning of the wise
and turns it into nonsense,
who
frustrates the
signs of
liars and
makes fools of
diviners,
who
turns wise men
back and makes their
knowledge foolish,
(NIV)
‘“How can you say, ‘We are wise,
for we have the law of the
Lord,’
when actually the lying pen of the scribes
has handled it falsely?
“
How can you
say, ‘We are
wise,
and the
law of the
Lord is with us’?
But behold, the
lying pen of the
scribes has
made it into a
lie.
(NIV)
The wise will be put to shame;
they will be dismayed and trapped.
Since they have rejected the word of the
Lord,
what kind of wisdom do they have?
The
wise men shall be
put to shame;
they shall be
dismayed and
taken;
behold, they have
rejected the
word of the
Lord,
so
what wisdom is in them?
(NIV)
Who is wise enough to understand this? Who has been instructed by the
Lord and can explain it? Why has the land been ruined and laid waste like a desert that no one can cross?
Who is the
man so
wise that he can
understand this? To
whom has the
mouth of the
Lord spoken, that he may
declare it?
Why is the
land ruined and
laid waste like a
wilderness, so
that no
one passes
through?
(NIV)
This is what the
Lord says:
‘Let not the wise boast of their wisdom
or the strong boast of their strength
or the rich boast of their riches,
Thus says the
Lord:
“Let
not the
wise man boast in his
wisdom, let
not the
mighty man boast in his
might, let
not the
rich man boast in his
riches,
(NIV)
‘A sword against the Babylonians!’
declares the
Lord –
‘against those who live in Babylon
and against her officials and wise men!
“A
sword against the
Chaldeans,
declares the
Lord,
and against the
inhabitants of
Babylon,
and against her
officials and her
wise men!
(NIV)
I will make her officials and wise men drunk,
her governors, officers and warriors as well;
they will sleep for ever and not awake,’
declares the King, whose name is the
Lord Almighty.
I will make
drunk her
officials and her
wise men,
her
governors, her
commanders, and her
warriors;
they shall
sleep a
perpetual sleep and
not wake,
declares the
King, whose
name is the
Lord of
hosts.
(NIV)
‘Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, “This is what the Sovereign
Lord says:
‘“In the pride of your heart
you say, ‘I am a god;
I sit on the throne of a god
in the heart of the seas.’
But you are a mere mortal and not a god,
though you think you are as wise as a god.
“
Son of
man,
say to the
prince of
Tyre, Thus
says the
Lord God:
“Because your
heart is
proud,
and you have
said, ‘I am a
god,
I
sit in the
seat of the
gods,
in the
heart of the
seas,’
yet you are but a
man, and no
god,
though you
make your
heart like the
heart of a
god—
(NIV)
This made the king so angry and furious that he ordered the execution of all the wise men of Babylon.
Because
of this the
king was
angry and
very furious, and
commanded that
all the
wise men of
Babylon be
destroyed.
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