Isaiah 5:21
Terrible things will happen to those who think that they are wise and that they ◄are very clever/know everything►.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
In Context
Cross References
Job 11:12Stupid people like you will start to become wise [SAR] when wild donkeys stop giving birth to wild donkeys and start giving birth to tame donkeys.
Proverbs 26:12God can help/bless foolish people more easily than he can help/bless people who are not wise [RHQ], but think that they are wise.
Isaiah 10:13He says, ‘By my own great power [MTY] I have done these things. I have been able to do them because I am very wise and very intelligent. My army removed the barriers at the borders of nations and carried away all their valuable things. My army has knocked down their kings like [SIM] a ferocious bull would.
Romans 1:22Although they claimed that they were wise, they became foolish,
Romans 12:16Desire for others what you desire for yourselves (OR, Live harmoniously with each other)! Do not do things because you want to be famous! Instead, be content to do tasks that others consider that only unimportant people do (OR, to associate with unimportant people). Do not consider yourselves wise.
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 →