1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He has taken the wise in their craftiness.”This verse in the real world
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In what words
- δράσσομαιdrássomaito grasp, i.e. (figuratively) entrap
- μωρίαmōríasilliness, i.e. absurdity
- πανουργίαpanourgíaadroitness, i.e. (in a bad sense) trickery or sophistry
- σοφόςsophóswise (in a most general application)
- σοφίαsophíawisdom (higher or lower, worldly or spiritual)
- τούτουtoútouof (from or concerning) this (person or thing)
- κόσμοςkósmosorderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense
- γράφωgráphōto "grave", especially to write; figuratively, to describe
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Job 5:13, Psa 141:10, 1Co 1:19–20, Rom 1:21–22, Isa 44:25, 1Co 2:6, Psa 9:15–16, Psa 7:14–15