Isaiah 5:21 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

How horrible it will be for those who think they are wise and consider themselves to be clever.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

ASV:

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

BBE:

Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!

DBY:

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem!

ERV:

Woe unto them that are wise their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

JPS:

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

WBS:

Woe to them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

WEB:

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

YLT:

Woe to the wise in their own eyes, And -- before their own faces -- intelligent!

Isaiah 5:21 Cross References

XREF:

Proverbs 3:7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

Romans 12:16 Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.

1 Corinthians 3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

5:21 Woe to [them that are] {b} wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
(b) Who contemn all doctrine and admonition.

MHC:

5:8-23 Here is a woe to those who set their hearts on the wealth of the world. Not that it is sinful for those who have a house and a field to purchase another; but the fault is, that they never know when they have enough. Covetousness is idolatry; and while many envy the prosperous, wretched man, the Lord denounces awful woes upon him. How applicable to many among us! God has many ways to empty the most populous cities. Those who set their hearts upon the world, will justly be disappointed. Here is woe to those who dote upon the pleasures and the delights of sense. The use of music is lawful; but when it draws away the heart from God, then it becomes a sin to us. God's judgments have seized them, but they will not disturb themselves in their pleasures. The judgments are declared. Let a man be ever so high, death will bring him low; ever so mean, death will bring him lower. The fruit of these judgments shall be, that God will be glorified as a God of power. Also, as a God that is holy; he shall be owned and declared to be so, in the righteous punishment of proud men. Those are in a woful condition who set up sin, and who exert themselves to gratify their base lusts. They are daring in sin, and walk after their own lusts; it is in scorn that they call God the Holy One of Israel. They confound and overthrow distinctions between good and evil. They prefer their own reasonings to Divine revelations; their own devices to the counsels and commands of God. They deem it prudent and politic to continue profitable sins, and to neglect self-denying duties. Also, how light soever men make of drunkenness, it is a sin which lays open to the wrath and curse of God. Their judges perverted justice. Every sin needs some other to conceal it.

CONC:

Clever Cursed Esteem Faces Intelligent Pride Prudent Seem Shrewd Sight Themselves Wise Wo Woe

Clever Cursed Esteem Eyes Faces Intelligent Pride Prudent Seem Shrewd Sight Themselves Wise Wo Woe

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