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1 Corinthians 1:20
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For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
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Where [is] the wise? where [is] the scribe? where [is] the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
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For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
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Verse Text
WhereG4226 is the wiseG4680? whereG4226 is the scribeG1122? whereG4226 is the disputerG4804 of thisG5127 worldG165? hathG3471 notG3780 GodG2316 made foolishG3471 the wisdomG4678 of thisG5127 worldG2889?
ποῦ σοφός; ποῦ γραμματεύς; ποῦ συζητητὴς τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου; οὐχὶ ἐμώρανεν ὁ Θεὸς τὴν σοφίαν τοῦ κόσμου τούτου;
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ποῦ |
pou | G4226 | PRT-I | Where |
σοφός; |
sophos | G4680 | A-NSM | the wise |
ποῦ |
pou | G4226 | PRT-I | where |
γραμματεύς; |
grammateus | G1122 | N-NSM | the scribe |
ποῦ |
pou | G4226 | PRT-I | where |
συζητητὴς |
suzētētēs | G4804 | N-NSM | the disputer |
τοῦ |
tou | G3588 | T-GSM | * |
αἰῶνος |
aiōnos | G165 | N-GSM | world |
τούτου; |
toutou | G5127 | D-GSM | of this |
οὐχὶ |
ouchi | G3780 | PRT-I | not |
ἐμώρανεν |
emōranen | G3471 | V-AAI-3S | hath made foolish |
ὁ |
ho | G3588 | T-NSM | * |
Θεὸς |
Theos | G2316 | N-NSM | God |
τὴν |
tēn | G3588 | T-ASF | the |
σοφίαν |
sophian | G4678 | N-ASF | wisdom |
τοῦ |
tou | G3588 | T-GSM | * |
κόσμου |
kosmou | G2889 | N-GSM | world |
τούτου; |
toutou | G5127 | D-GSM | of this |
- G165 — αἰών (aiṓn, ahee-ohn'): an age, a cycle of time — from the same as ἀεί; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future):--age, course, eternal, (for) ever(-more), (n-)ever, (beginning of the , while the) world (began, without end). Compare χρόνος.
- G1122 — γραμματεύς (grammateús, gram-mat-yooce'): a scribe, town-clerk, man of learning — from γράμμα. a writer, i.e. (professionally) scribe or secretary:--scribe, town-clerk.
- G2316 — θεός (theós, theh'-os): God, a god — of uncertain affinity; a deity, especially (with ὁ) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very:--X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
- G2889 — κόσμος (kósmos, kos'-mos): the world, universe — probably from the base of κομίζω; orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)):--adorning, world.
- G3471 — μωραίνω (mōraínō, mo-rah'-ee-no): I make foolish, taint, make useless — from μωρός; to become insipid; figuratively, to make (passively, act) as a simpleton:--become fool, make foolish, lose savour.
- G3780 — οὐχί (ouchí, oo-khee'): by no means, not at all — intensive of οὐ; not indeed:--nay, not.
- G4226 — ποῦ (poû, poo): where, whither — genitive case of an interrogative pronoun (what) otherwise obsolete (perhaps the same as πού used with the rising slide of inquiry); as adverb of place; at (by implication, to) what locality:--where, whither.
- G4678 — σοφία (sophía, sof-ee'-ah): wisdom — from σοφός; wisdom (higher or lower, worldly or spiritual):--wisdom.
- G4680 — σοφός (sophós, sof-os'): wise — akin to (clear); wise (in a most general application):--wise. Compare φρόνιμος.
- G4804 — συζητητής (syzētētḗs, sood-zay-tay-tace'): a disputer — from συζητέω; a disputant, i.e. sophist:--disputer.
- G5127 — τούτου (toútou, too'-too): genitive case singular masculine or neuter of οὗτος; of (from or concerning) this (person or thing):--here(-by), him, it, + such manner of, that, thence(-forth), thereabout, this, thus.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- hath — 2 Samuel 15:31, 2 Samuel 16:23, 2 Samuel 17:14, 2 Samuel 17:23, Job 12:17, Job 12:20, Job 12:24, Isaiah 44:25, Romans 1:22, 1 Corinthians 1:19
- is the wise — Isaiah 33:18, Isaiah 53:1
Reciprocal references (27): 1 Kings 10:1, 1 Kings 12:27, 2 Kings 3:3, 2 Kings 24:20, Ezra 7:6, Job 5:13, Job 17:4, Job 17:10, Job 28:12, Ecclesiastes 7:23, Isaiah 19:11, Isaiah 19:12, Isaiah 51:13, Jeremiah 4:22, Jeremiah 10:7, Ezekiel 28:12, Matthew 8:19, John 7:48, John 7:49, John 11:49, Acts 6:9, Acts 17:18, Romans 9:20, 1 Corinthians 1:26, 1 Corinthians 3:19, 1 Corinthians 5:10, James 3:15
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