Isaiah 47:10-12
International Standard Version
Self-Deception of the Babylonians
10 “You trusted in your own knowledge.[a]
You said, ‘No one sees me.’
Your wisdom and knowledge have misled you.
You said in your heart,
‘I am the one, and there will be none besides me.’
11 “But disaster will come[b] upon you,
and[c] you will not know how to charm it away.
A calamity will befall you
that you will not be able to[d] ward off;
and devastation will come upon you suddenly,
and[e] you won’t anticipate it.
12 “But[f] stand up now with your spells
and your many incantations,
at which you have labored from your childhood until today,[g]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 47:10 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read evil
- Isaiah 47:11 So 1QIsaa (feminine); MT (masculine [incorrectly])
- Isaiah 47:11 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and
- Isaiah 47:11 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks to
- Isaiah 47:11 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and
- Isaiah 47:12 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack But
- Isaiah 47:12 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read childhood. Perhaps you can gain some profit; perhaps you may inspire fear. LXX reads if you can gain some profit.
Isaiah 47:10-12
New International Version
10 You 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.’
11 Disaster(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.
Isaiah 47:10-12
King James Version
10 For 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.
11 Therefore 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.
12 Stand 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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