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Tyndale New Testament

1 Corinthians 3:20

And agayne God knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse that they be vayne.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God Continued...;   Heart;   Quotations and Allusions;   Vanity;   Wisdom;   Thompson Chain Reference - God's;   Knowledge;   Knowledge, Divine;   Knowledge-Ignorance;   Wisdom, Worldly;   Wisdom-Folly;   Worldly;   The Topic Concordance - Glory;   Knowledge;   Vanity;   Wisdom;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Vanity;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Apollos;   Philosophy;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Wisdom;   Holman Bible Dictionary - 1 Corinthians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Vanity;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Fool;   Quotations;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Apollos ;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Again;   Foreknow;   Papyrus;   Text and Manuscripts of the New Testament;   Thought;   Wisdom;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Apollos;  

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
and another time when it says, "The Boss knows the thoughts of the wise and laughs at their stupidity."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and again, "THE LORD KNOWS THE REASONINGS of the wise, THAT THEY ARE USELESS."
Legacy Standard Bible
and again, "The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are useless."
Bible in Basic English
And again, The Lord has knowledge of the reasonings of the wise, that they are nothing.
Darby Translation
And again, [The] Lord knows the reasonings of the wise that they are vain.
Christian Standard Bible®
and again, The Lord knows that the reasonings of the wise are meaningless.
World English Bible
And again, "The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
Weymouth's New Testament
And again, "The Lord takes knowledge of the reasonings of the wise--how useless they are."
King James Version (1611)
And againe, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vaine.
Literal Translation
And again, "The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are worthless." LXX-Psa. 93:11; MT-Psa. 94:11
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And agayne: The LORDE knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse, that they are vayne.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and again, "the Lord knows, that the thoughts of the wise are vain."
Amplified Bible
and again, "THE LORD KNOWS THE THOUGHTS of the [humanly] wise, THAT THEY ARE USELESS."
American Standard Version
and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.
Revised Standard Version
and again, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile."
Update Bible Version
and again, The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise that they are vain.
Webster's Bible Translation
And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
Young's Literal Translation
and again, `The Lord doth know the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.'
New Century Version
It is also written in the Scriptures, "The Lord knows what wise people think. He knows their thoughts are just a puff of wind."
New English Translation
And again, " The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile ."
Berean Standard Bible
And again, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile."
Contemporary English Version
The Scriptures also say, "The Lord knows that the plans made by wise people are useless."
Complete Jewish Bible
and again, " Adonai knows that the thoughts of the wise are worthless ."
English Standard Version
and again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And againe, The Lord knoweth that the thoughtes of the wise be vaine.
George Lamsa Translation
And again, The LORD knows that the thoughts of the wise are vain.
Hebrew Names Version
And again, "The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless."
International Standard Version
and again,Psalm 94:11;">[xr] "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are worthless."Psalm 94:11">[fn]
Etheridge Translation
And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
Murdock Translation
And again: The Lord knoweth the devices of the wise, that they are vain.
New King James Version
and again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile." Psalms 94:11">[fn]
New Living Translation
And again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise; he knows they are worthless."
New Life Bible
They also say, "The Lord knows how the wise man thinks. His thinking is worth nothing."
English Revised Version
and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.
New Revised Standard
and again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And again - The Lord taketh note of the speculations of the wise, that they are vain.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And again: The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
King James Version
And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
Lexham English Bible
and again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile."
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And agayne The Lorde knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse, that they be vayne.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Scriptures also say, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise. He knows that their thoughts are worth nothing."
New American Standard Bible
and again, "THE LORD KNOWS THE THOUGHTS of the wise, THAT THEY ARE useless."
Good News Translation
and another scripture says, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are worthless."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and eft, The Lord knowith the thouytis of wise men, for tho ben veyn.

Contextual Overview

18 Let no man deceave him silfe. Yf eny man seme wyse amonge you let him be a fole in this worlde that he maye be wyse. 19 For ye wisdome of this worlde is folysshnes with god. For it is writte: he compaseth the wyse in their craftynes. 20 And agayne God knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse that they be vayne.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the lord: Psalms 94:11

that: Job 11:11, Job 11:12, Psalms 2:1, Romans 1:21, Colossians 2:8

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 16:23 - all the counsel Nehemiah 4:15 - God Ecclesiastes 7:16 - neither Isaiah 19:3 - and I Isaiah 44:25 - turneth Isaiah 66:18 - their thoughts Jeremiah 4:14 - How long Obadiah 1:8 - even Matthew 2:8 - go 1 Peter 1:18 - vain

Cross-References

Matthew 1:21
She shall brynge forthe a sonne and thou shalt call his name Iesus. For he shall save his peple from their synnes.
Matthew 1:23
Beholde a mayde shall be with chylde and shall brynge forthe a sonne and they shall call his name Emanuel which is by interpretacion God with vs.
Acts 17:26
and hath made of one bloud all nacions of men for to dwell on all the face of the erthe and hath assigned before how longe tyme and also the endes of their inhabitacion

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And again,.... Not in the same place, nor in the same book, but in the Psalms, in Psalms 94:11. This form of citing Scriptures answers to ועוד and moreover, used by the Jewish doctors when the matter does not so clearly appear from the first proof, and therefore they produce another q: and so here the apostle, for the further confirmation and illustration of this point, that the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, to the testimony of Eliphaz, adds this of David,

the Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain; in the Psalms it is, "the Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are vanity"; which the apostle not only cites, but explains and teaches; as that by men is meant men of wisdom and knowledge, of the greatest capacities, whose thoughts, reasonings, schemes, and devices, the omniscient God not only knows, but makes known, and discovers them, sooner or later, to be vain and fruitless, yea, vanity itself; and notwithstanding all their machinations and contrivances, his counsel shall stand, his Gospel shall be maintained, his truths shall prevail, and his ordinances shall be continued, and his work go on.

q Vid. Surenhusii Biblos Katallages, p. 11, 531.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And again, - Psalms 94:11.

The Lord knoweth - God searches the heart. The particular thing which it is here said that he knows, is, that the thoughts of man are vain. They have this quality; and this is that which the psalmist here says that God sees. The affirmation is not one respecting the omniscience of God, but with respect to what God sees of the nature of the thoughts of the wise.

The thoughts of the wise - Their plans, purposes, designs.

That they are vain - That they lack real wisdom; they are foolish; they shall not be accomplished as they expect; or be seen to have that wisdom which they now suppose they possess.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 20. The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise — They are always full of schemes and plans for earthly good; and God knows that all this is vain, empty, and unsatisfactory; and will stand them in no stead when he comes to take away their souls. This is a quotation from Psalms 94:11. What is here said of the vanity of human knowledge is true of every kind of wisdom that leads not immediately to God himself.


 
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