King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Complete Jewish Bible:
Claiming to be wise, they have become fools!
Berean Standard Bible:
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
American Standard Version:
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Professing themselves{G5335} to be{G1511} wise{G4680}, they became fools{G3471},
Cross-References (KJV):
1 Corinthians 1:19
- For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
1 Corinthians 1:21
- For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Romans 11:25
- For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Proverbs 26:12
- ¶ Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.
Proverbs 25:14
- ¶ Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] clouds and wind without rain.
Jeremiah 8:8
- How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of the LORD [is] with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he [it]; the pen of the scribes [is] in vain.
Jeremiah 8:9
- The wise [men] are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom [is] in them?
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Commentary for Romans 1:22
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: G5335
There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: φάσκω
Transliteration: pháskō
Pronunciation: fas'-ko
Description: prolongation from the same as φημί; to assert:--affirm, profess, say. - Strong's Number: G1511
There are 124 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: εἶναι
Transliteration: eînai
Pronunciation: i'-nahee
Description: present infinitive from εἰμί; to exist:--am, was. come, is, X lust after, X please well, there is, to be, was. - Strong's Number: G4680
There are 21 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: σοφός
Transliteration: sophós
Pronunciation: sof-os'
Description: akin to (clear); wise (in a most general application):--wise. Compare φρόνιμος. - Strong's Number: G3471
There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: μωραίνω
Transliteration: mōraínō
Pronunciation: mo-rah'-ee-no
Description: from μωρός; to become insipid; figuratively, to make (passively, act) as a simpleton:--become fool, make foolish, lose savour.