Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who overthrows the learning of the wise and turns it into nonsense, New Living Translation I expose the false prophets as liars and make fools of fortune-tellers. I cause the wise to give bad advice, thus proving them to be fools. English Standard Version who frustrates the signs of liars and makes fools of diviners, who turns wise men back and makes their knowledge foolish, Berean Standard Bible who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense, King James Bible That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; New King James Version Who frustrates the signs of the babblers, And drives diviners mad; Who turns wise men backward, And makes their knowledge foolishness; New American Standard Bible Causing the omens of diviners to fail, Making fools of fortune-tellers; Causing wise men to turn back And making their knowledge ridiculous, NASB 1995 Causing the omens of boasters to fail, Making fools out of diviners, Causing wise men to draw back And turning their knowledge into foolishness, NASB 1977 Causing the omens of boasters to fail, Making fools out of diviners, Causing wise men to draw back, And turning their knowledge into foolishness, Legacy Standard Bible Causing the omens of boasters to be annulled, And making fools out of diviners, Causing wise men to turn back, And making foolishness out of their knowledge, Amplified Bible Frustrating the signs and confounding the omens of boasters (false prophets), Making fools out of fortune-tellers, Counteracting the wise And making their knowledge ridiculous, Christian Standard Bible who destroys the omens of the false prophets and makes fools of diviners; who confounds the wise and makes their knowledge foolishness; Holman Christian Standard Bible who destroys the omens of the false prophets and makes fools of diviners; who confounds the wise and makes their knowledge foolishness; American Standard Version that frustrateth the signs of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; Aramaic Bible in Plain English He brings to nothing the signs of mediums, and their omens I despise, turning back wise men on their backside, and I cause their knowledge to fall Brenton Septuagint Translation Who else will frustrate the tokens of those that have divining spirits, and prophecies from the heart of man? turning the wise back, and making their counsel foolishness; Contemporary English Version I make liars of false prophets and fools of fortunetellers. I take human wisdom and turn it into nonsense. Douay-Rheims Bible That make void the tokens of diviners, and make the soothsayers mad. That turn the wise backward, and that, make their knowledge foolish. English Revised Version that frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish: GOD'S WORD® Translation I cause the signs of false prophets to fail and make fools of fortunetellers. I make wise men retreat and turn their knowledge into foolishness. Good News Translation I make fools of fortunetellers and frustrate the predictions of astrologers. The words of the wise I refute and show that their wisdom is foolishness. International Standard Version who frustrates the omens of idle talkers, and drives diviners mad, who turns back the wise, and makes their knowledge foolish; JPS Tanakh 1917 That frustrateth the tokens of the imposters, And maketh diviners mad; That turneth wise men backward, And maketh their knowledge foolish; Literal Standard Version Making void the tokens of devisers, | And makes diviners mad, | Turning the wise backward, | And makes their knowledge foolish. Majority Standard Bible who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense, New American Bible I bring to nought the omens of babblers, make fools of diviners, Turn back the wise and make their knowledge foolish. NET Bible who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers and humiliates the omen readers, who overturns the counsel of the wise men and makes their advice seem foolish, New Revised Standard Version who frustrates the omens of liars, and makes fools of diviners; who turns back the wise, and makes their knowledge foolish; New Heart English Bible who foils the omens of the empty talkers, and makes fools of diviners; who turns sages back, and makes their knowledge foolish; Webster's Bible Translation That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; World English Bible who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish; Young's Literal Translation Making void the tokens of devisers, And diviners it maketh mad, Turning the wise backward, And their knowledge it maketh foolish. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jerusalem to Be Restored…24Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth, 25who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense, 26who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’… Cross References 1 Corinthians 1:20 Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 1 Corinthians 1:27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 2 Samuel 15:31 Now someone told David: "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." So David pleaded, "O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!" Job 5:12 He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success. Psalm 33:10 The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples. Isaiah 29:14 Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden." Isaiah 47:13 You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you--your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate. Treasury of Scripture That frustrates the tokens of the liars, and makes diviners mad; that turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish; frustrateth Isaiah 47:12-14 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail… 1 Kings 22:11,12,22-25,37 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them… 2 Chronicles 18:11,34 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king… maketh Exodus 9:11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. Exodus 2:19-12 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock… Exodus 4:7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. turneth Isaiah 19:11-14 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellers of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? … Isaiah 29:14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. 2 Samuel 15:31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. Jump to Previous Arts Backward Boasters Causing Diviners Draw Fail Foolish Fools Frustrates Frustrateth Future Heads Liars Mad Makes Maketh Making Omens Overthrows Prophets Secret Signs Tokens Turneth Turning Turns Void Wise WordJump to Next Arts Backward Boasters Causing Diviners Draw Fail Foolish Fools Frustrates Frustrateth Future Heads Liars Mad Makes Maketh Making Omens Overthrows Prophets Secret Signs Tokens Turneth Turning Turns Void Wise WordIsaiah 44 1. God comforts the church with his promises7. The vanity of idols 9. And folly of idol makers 21. He exhorts to praise God for his redemption and omnipotence (25) That frustrateth the tokens of the liars.--Better, of the praters--i.e., the false prophets of Babylon. It is implied that they, after the manner of the false seers of Judah (Jeremiah 23:16-17), predicted for the kings of Babylon a time of prosperity and peace.Verse 25. - That frustrateth the tokens of the liars; i.e. "who brings to nought the prognostications of the astrologers and soothsayers, that pretend falsely to a knowledge of future events" (see Isaiah 49:13; and comp. Jeremiah 29:8, 9); and maketh diviners mad; i.e. "shows them to be thole or madmen" (see Job 12:17). That turneth wise men backward; i.e. "repulses them - puts them to flight." Pretenders to wisdom, rather than truly wise men, are meant. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew who foilsמֵפֵר֙ (mê·p̄êr) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6565: To break up, to violate, frustrate the signs אֹת֣וֹת (’ō·ṯō·wṯ) Noun - common plural construct Strong's 226: A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence of false prophets בַּדִּ֔ים (bad·dîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 907: A brag, lie, a liar and makes fools of יְהוֹלֵ֑ל (yə·hō·w·lêl) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1984: To shine diviners, וְקֹסְמִ֖ים (wə·qō·sə·mîm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7080: To distribute, determine by lot, magical scroll, to divine who confounds מֵשִׁ֧יב (mê·šîḇ) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again the wise חֲכָמִ֛ים (ḥă·ḵā·mîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 2450: Wise and turns their knowledge וְדַעְתָּ֥ם (wə·ḏa‘·tām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1847: Knowledge into nonsense, יְשַׂכֵּֽל׃ (yə·śak·kêl) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5528: To be foolish or a fool Links Isaiah 44:25 NIVIsaiah 44:25 NLT Isaiah 44:25 ESV Isaiah 44:25 NASB Isaiah 44:25 KJV Isaiah 44:25 BibleApps.com Isaiah 44:25 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 44:25 Chinese Bible Isaiah 44:25 French Bible Isaiah 44:25 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 44:25 Who frustrates the signs of the liars (Isa Isi Is) |
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