Isaiah 47:10-12

Good News Translation

¹⁰“You felt sure of yourself in your evil;
    you thought that no one could see you.
Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray,
    and you said to yourself, ‘I am God—
    there is no one else like me.’
¹¹Disaster will come upon you,
    and none of your magic can stop it.
Ruin will come on you suddenly—
    ruin you never dreamed of!
¹²Keep all your magic spells and charms;
    you have used them since you were young.
Perhaps they will be of some help to you;
    perhaps you can frighten your enemies.

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Isaiah 47:10-12

New International Version

¹⁰You have trusted^(A) in your wickedness
    and have said, ‘No one sees me.’^(B)
Your wisdom^(C) and knowledge mislead^(D) you
    when you say to yourself,
    ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
¹¹Disaster^(E) will come upon you,
    and you will not know how to conjure it away.
A calamity will fall upon you
    that you cannot ward off with a ransom;
a catastrophe you cannot foresee
    will suddenly^(F) come upon you.

¹²“Keep on, then, with your magic spells
    and with your many sorceries,^(G)
    which you have labored at since childhood.
Perhaps you will succeed,
    perhaps you will cause terror.

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Isaiah 47:10-12

King James Version

¹⁰For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.

¹¹Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.

¹²Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.

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