the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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1 Corinthians 3:19
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I say this because the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say, "He catches those who think they are wise in their own clever traps."
For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness,"
For ye wisdome of this worlde is folysshnes with god. For it is writte: he compaseth the wyse in their craftynes.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He has taken the wise in their craftiness."
For the wisdom of this world is nonsense in God's sight. For it is written,Job 1:5:13; 1 Corinthians 1:20; 2:6;">[xr] "He catches the wise with their own trickery,"Job 5:13">[fn]
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in the sight of God. For it is written: "He is THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE BY THEIR CRAFTINESS";
because the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. It is written in the Scriptures, "He catches those who are wise in their own clever traps."
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that takes the wise in their craftiness:
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness,"
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He has taken the wise in their craftiness."
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; as it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
This world's wisdom is "foolishness" in God's sight; for it is written, "He snares the wise with their own cunning."
For the wisdom of this world is foli anentis God; for it is writun, Y schal catche wise men in her fel wisdom;
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: "He catches the wise in their craftiness."
This is because God considers the wisdom of this world to be foolish. It is just as the Scriptures say, "God catches the wise when they try to outsmart him."
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness (absurdity, stupidity) before God; for it is written [in Scripture], "[He is] THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE and CLEVER IN THEIR CRAFTINESS;"
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:
For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:
For the wisdom of this world is nonsense, as far as God is concerned; inasmuch as the Tanakh says, " He traps the wise in their own cleverness ,"
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He who takes the wise in their craftiness.
For the wisdom of this world is folly with Aloha; for it is written, He hath taken the wise in their own craftiness.
For the wisdom of this world is fatuity with God: for it is written, He catcheth the wise in their own craftiness.
For the wisedome of this world is foolishnesse with God: for it is written, Hee taketh the wise in their owne craftinesse.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say, "He traps the wise in the snare of their own cleverness."
The wisdom of this world is foolish to God. The Holy Writings say, "He is the One Who gets them in a trap when they use their own wisdom."
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness,"
For the wisdome of this worlde is foolishnesse with God: for it is written, He catcheth the wise in their owne craftinesse.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, He catches the wise in their own craftiness.
For, the wisdom of this world, is, foolishness with God; for it is written - He that taketh the wise in their knavery, -
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written: I will catch the wise in their own craftiness.
For the wisedome of this worlde, is foolishnesse with God. For it is writte: He compasseth the wise in their own craftynesse.
For what this world considers to be wisdom is nonsense in God's sight. As the scripture says, "God traps the wise in their cleverness";
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, since it is written, He catches the wise in their craftiness;
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it is written, "The one who catches the wise in their craftiness,"
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it has been written, "He takes the wise in their own craftiness." Job 5:13
for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it hath been written, `Who is taking the wise in their craftiness;'
For the wyssdome off this worlde is foolishnes with God. For it is wrytten: He compaseth the wyse in their craftynesse.
for the wisdom of this world is folly, in the eye of God: as it is written , "he surprizes the wise in all their artifices."
For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written, " He catches the wise in their craftiness ."
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their own craftiness"; Job 5:13">[fn]
What's considered wisdom down here is malarkey to God. Remember when the Good Book says, "He ropes the wise with their own reata,"
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, "He is THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE IN THEIR CRAFTINESS";
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, "He is the one who catches the wise in their craftiness";
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the wisdom: 1 Corinthians 1:19, 1 Corinthians 1:20, 1 Corinthians 2:6, Isaiah 19:11-14, Isaiah 29:14-16, Isaiah 44:25, Romans 1:21, Romans 1:22
For: Job 5:13
He: Exodus 1:10, Exodus 18:11, 2 Samuel 15:31, 2 Samuel 16:23, 2 Samuel 17:14, 2 Samuel 17:23, Esther 7:10, Psalms 7:14, Psalms 7:15, Psalms 9:15, Psalms 9:16, Psalms 141:10
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 32:28 - General 2 Samuel 13:3 - Shimeah Nehemiah 4:15 - God Job 18:7 - his own Job 37:24 - he Psalms 5:10 - let Psalms 49:13 - folly Psalms 146:9 - the way Proverbs 2:7 - layeth Proverbs 14:6 - scorner Proverbs 26:12 - a man Proverbs 28:11 - rich Isaiah 19:3 - and I Isaiah 47:10 - Thy wisdom Ezekiel 28:12 - full Obadiah 1:8 - even Matthew 2:8 - go Matthew 2:12 - they departed Matthew 6:23 - If Luke 20:23 - he John 11:49 - Ye Acts 5:38 - for Acts 23:16 - when Romans 12:2 - be not 1 Corinthians 1:18 - foolishness 2 Corinthians 10:5 - down Colossians 2:8 - philosophy 1 Timothy 6:20 - oppositions James 3:15 - but
Cross-References
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord , which am but dust and ashes:
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord .
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God,.... The wisdom of the Jewish, or Gentile world. It is had in no account with him; it is despised and neglected by him; he makes it foolish, destroys it, and brings it to nothing; he lays it aside as useless, to make men wise unto salvation, and by the foolishness of preaching saves them that believe; he passes by the wise and prudent, and hides the things of the Gospel from them; so, that, with all their learning and wisdom, they can neither apprehend nor comprehend the mysteries of grace, whilst he reveals them unto babes, and chooses the foolish things of this world to spread the knowledge of himself, his Son, his Gospel, and the truths of it, and whom he makes successful, to the confusion of the wise and learned.
"For it is written", כדכתיב, an usual form of citing Scriptures with the Jews; it is in Job 5:13 he taketh the wise in their own craftiness, or by it. What Eliphaz says of the wise politicians of the world, who are often disappointed of their crafty devices, and cannot perform the enterprises they have took in hand, but their schemes are broken, and the snares they laid for others they are taken in themselves, is applied by the apostle to the Jewish doctors, or the Gentile philosophers, or rather to the false teachers among the Christians; whose schemes they have formed to corrupt the churches, and demolish the Gospel, prove their own destruction; nor will they, with all their cunning, be able to get out of the hand of God, and escape his awful vengeance. The allusion is either to the taking of wild beasts and birds in snares and nets, or to the taking of men in flight, laying hold of them with the hand, and grasping them hard, that they cannot get loose. The Targum interprets the words of the wise men of Pharaoh, and of the Egyptian astrologers, schemes they have formed to corrupt the churches, and demolish the Gospel, prove their own destruction; nor will they, with all their cunning, be able to get out of the hand of God, and escape his awful vengeance. The allusion is either to the taking of wild beasts and birds in snares and nets, or to the taking of men in flight, laying hold of them with the hand, and grasping them hard, that they cannot get loose. The Targum interprets the words of the wise men of Pharaoh, and of the Egyptian astrologers.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For the wisdom of this world - That which is esteemed to be wisdom by the people of this world on the subject of religion. It does not mean that true wisdom is foolishness with him. It does not mean that science, and prudence, and law - that the knowledge of his works - that astronomy, and medicine, and chemistry, are regarded by him as folly, and as unworthy the attention of people. God is the friend of truth on all subjects; and he requires us to become acquainted with his works, and commends those who search them, Psalms 92:4; Psalms 111:2. But the apostle refers here to that which was esteemed to be wisdom among the ancients, and in which they so much prided themselves, their vain, self-confident, and false opinions on the subject of religion; and especially those opinions when they were opposed to the simple but sublime truths of revelation. See the note at 1 Corinthians 1:20-21.
Is foolishness with God - Is esteemed by him to be folly. See the note at 1 Corinthians 1:20-24.
For it is written ... - Job 5:13. The word rendered “taketh” here denotes to clench with the fist, gripe, grasp. And the sense is:
(1) However crafty, or cunning, or skillful they may be; however self-confident, yet that they cannot deceive or impose upon God. He can thwart their plans, overthrow their schemes, defeat their counsels, and foil them in their enterprises, Job 5:12.
(2) He does it by their own cunning or craftiness. He allows them to involve themselves in difficulties or to entangle each other. He makes use of even their own craft and cunning to defeat their counsels. He allows the plans of one wise man to come in conflict with those of another, and thus to destroy one another. Honesty in religion, as in everything else, is the best policy; and a man who pursues a course of conscientious integrity may expect the protection of God. But he who attempts to carry his purposes by craft and intrigue - who depends on skill and cunning instead of truth and honesty, will often find that he is the prey of his own cunning and duplicity.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 19. The wisdom of this world — Whether it be the pretended deep and occult wisdom of the rabbins, or the wire-drawn speculations of the Grecian philosophers, is foolishness with God; for as folly consists in spending time, strength, and pains to no purpose, so these may be fitly termed fools who acquire no saving knowledge by their speculations. And is not this the case with the major part of all that is called philosophy, even in the present day? Has one soul been made wise unto salvation through it? Are our most eminent philosophers either pious or useful men? Who of them is meek, gentle, and humble! Who of them directs his researches so as to meliorate the moral condition of his fellow creatures? Pride, insolence, self-conceit, and complacency, with a general forgetfulness of God, contempt for his word, and despite for the poor, are their general characteristics.
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. — This is a quotation from Job 5:13, and powerfully shows what the wisdom of this world is: it is a sort of craft, a subtle trade, which they carry on to wrong others and benefit themselves; and they have generally too much cunning to be caught by men; but God often overthrows them with their own devisings. Paganism raised up persecution against the Church of Christ, in order to destroy it: this became the very means of quickly spreading it over the earth, and of destroying the whole pagan system. Thus the wise were taken in their own craftiness.
