And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of it, and I will destroy their counsel. And they shall inquire of the idols, and the sorcerers, and the mediums, and the fortunetellers.

The rulers of Zoan have become fools, the rulers of Noph are deceived; they have also misled Egypt, the chief of her tribes.

therefore, behold, I will again do among this people something extraordinary and wonderful. For the wisdom of their wise ones shall perish, and the understanding of their intelligent ones shall be hidden.

who brings to nothing the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns the wise backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot bring about their success;

He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the twisted is precipitated.

He causes counselors to walk away barefoot, and makes fools of the judges.

Jehovah brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He restrains and frustrates the devices of the people.

Thus says Jehovah of Hosts to Edom: Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?

Disaster will come upon disaster, and rumor will be upon rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet; but the Law will perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.

For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing the understanding of the intelligent.

Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

For his rulers were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

And they went up through the South and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, those born to Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

when He brought to pass His signs in Egypt, and His wonders in the fields of Zoan;

I will make Pathros desolate, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgments in No.

I was so foolish and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.

A brutish man does not know, nor does a fool understand this.

Surely I am more stupid than any man, and do not have the understanding of a man.

Every man is stupid in his knowledge; every refiner is dried up by the graven image; for his molten image is a lie, and no breath is in them.

For the shepherds have become stupid, and have not sought Jehovah, therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

And Pharaoh said to his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Inasmuch as God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.

Thus Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the sons of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.

And Moses was trained in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds.