Isaiah 5:21
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
In Context
22Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;
Cross References
Job 11:12But an empty man will get understanding, when a wild ass's colt is born a man.
Proverbs 26:12Seest thou a man wise in his own eyes? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Isaiah 10:13For he hath said: by the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I am prudent; in that I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and have brought down as one mighty the inhabitants;
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:19-30
Denunciations against Sin. ( b. c. 758.) 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: 19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! 20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in… Read the whole commentary →