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Jeremiah 8:9

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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?

The wise {H2450} men are ashamed {H3001}, they are dismayed {H2865} and taken {H3920}: lo, they have rejected {H3988} the word {H1697} of the LORD {H3068}; and what wisdom {H2451} is in them?

The wise are put to shame, alarmed, entrapped. They have rejected the word of ADONAI, so what wisdom do they have?

The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?

The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of Jehovah; and what manner of wisdom is in them?

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Cross-References

  • Job 5:12 (4 votes)

    He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform [their] enterprise.

  • Jeremiah 6:15 (4 votes)

    Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time [that] I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

  • Psalms 119:98 (4 votes)

    ¶ Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they [are] ever with me.

  • Psalms 119:100 (4 votes)

    I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

  • Deuteronomy 4:6 (3 votes)

    Keep therefore and do [them]; for this [is] your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation [is] a wise and understanding people.

  • Isaiah 19:11 (3 votes)

    Surely the princes of Zoan [are] fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I [am] the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

  • Psalms 19:7 (3 votes)

    ¶ The law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making wise the simple.