11 The officials of [a](A)Zoan are mere fools;
The advice of Pharaoh’s wisest advisers has become [b]stupid.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the (B)wise, a son of ancient kings”?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 19:11 Or Tanis
  2. Isaiah 19:11 Or brutish

11 What fools are the officials of Zoan!
    Their best counsel to the king of Egypt is stupid and wrong.
Will they still boast to Pharaoh of their wisdom?
    Will they dare brag about all their wise ancestors?

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11 The officials of Zoan(A) are nothing but fools;
    the wise counselors(B) of Pharaoh give senseless advice.(C)
How can you say to Pharaoh,
    “I am one of the wise men,(D)
    a disciple of the ancient kings”?

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11 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?

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