the Fourth Week after Easter
Click here to learn more!
Read the Bible
New Revised Standard
1 Corinthians 3:20
Bible Study Resources
Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- AmericanEncyclopedias:
- InternationalParallel Translations
and again, The Lord knows that the reasonings of the wise are futile.
And againe, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vaine.
And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
and again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile."
and again, "THE LORD KNOWS THE THOUGHTS of the wise, THAT THEY ARE useless."
It is also written in the Scriptures, "The Lord knows what wise people think. He knows their thoughts are just a puff of wind."
and again, "THE LORD KNOWS THE THOUGHTS of the [humanly] wise, THAT THEY ARE USELESS."
and again, "THE LORD KNOWS THE REASONINGS of the wise, THAT THEY ARE USELESS."
and again, "The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are useless."
And again, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile."
The Scriptures also say, "The Lord knows that the plans made by wise people are useless."
and again, " Adonai knows that the thoughts of the wise are worthless ."
And again, [The] Lord knows the reasonings of the wise that they are vain.
The Scriptures also say, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise. He knows that their thoughts are worth nothing."
And againe, The Lord knoweth that the thoughtes of the wise be vaine.
And again, The LORD knows that the thoughts of the wise are vain.
and another scripture says, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are worthless."
and again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile."
And again, "The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are worthless." LXX-Psa. 93:11; MT-Psa. 94:11
and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.
And again, The Lord has knowledge of the reasonings of the wise, that they are nothing.
And again, "The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless."
and again,Psalm 94:11;">[xr] "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are worthless."Psalm 94:11">[fn]
And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
And again: The Lord knoweth the devices of the wise, that they are vain.
And agayne The Lorde knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse, that they be vayne.
and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.
And again, "The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless."
And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
And again, "The Lord takes knowledge of the reasonings of the wise--how useless they are."
and eft, The Lord knowith the thouytis of wise men, for tho ben veyn.
and again, The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise that they are vain.
And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
And again, " The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile ."
and again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile." Psalms 94:11">[fn]
And again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise; he knows they are worthless."
They also say, "The Lord knows how the wise man thinks. His thinking is worth nothing."
And again - The Lord taketh note of the speculations of the wise, that they are vain.
And again: The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
and again, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile."
And agayne God knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse that they be vayne.
and again, `The Lord doth know the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.'
And agayne: The LORDE knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse, that they are vayne.
and again, "the Lord knows, that the thoughts of the wise are vain."
and another time when it says, "The Boss knows the thoughts of the wise and laughs at their stupidity."
Contextual Overview
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
The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper as his partner.
Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called Woman, for out of Man this one was taken."
he named him Noah, saying, "Out of the ground that the Lord has cursed this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the toil of our hands."
And the angel of the Lord said to her, "Now you have conceived and shall bear a son; you shall call him Ishmael, for the Lord has given heed to your affliction.
As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.
When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and she took him as her son. She named him Moses, "because," she said, "I drew him out of the water."
In due time Hannah conceived and bore a son. She named him Samuel, for she said, "I have asked him of the Lord ."
She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."
"Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel," which means, "God is with us."
From one ancestor he made all nations to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live,
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.
