1 Corinthians 3:19
1 Corinthians 3:18-20 The Message (MSG)
Don’t fool yourself. Don’t think that you can be wise merely by being relevant. Be God’s fool—that’s the path to true wisdom. What the world calls smart, God calls stupid. It’s written in Scripture, He exposes the hype of the hipsters. The Master sees through the smoke screens of the know-it-alls.
1 Corinthians 3:19 King James Version (KJV)
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
1 Corinthians 3:19 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, “He is THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE IN THEIR CRAFTINESS”
1 Corinthians 3:19 New Century Version (NCV)
because the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. It is written in the Scriptures, “He catches those who are wise in their own clever traps.”
1 Corinthians 3:19 American Standard Version (ASV)
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness
1 Corinthians 3:19 New International Version (NIV)
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”
1 Corinthians 3:19 New King James Version (NKJV)
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their own craftiness”
1 Corinthians 3:19 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness (absurdity, stupidity) before God; for it is written [in Scripture], “[He is] THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE and CLEVER IN THEIR CRAFTINESS;” [Job 5:13]
1 Corinthians 3:19 New Living Translation (NLT)
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say, “He traps the wise in the snare of their own cleverness.”