Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
you said, ‘No one sees me.’
Your wisdom and knowledge
led you astray.
You said to yourself,
‘I exist, and there is no one else.’
New American Standard Bible
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For you have said in your heart,
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King James Version
For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.
International Standard Version
"You trusted in your own knowledge. You said, "No one sees me.' Your wisdom and knowledge have misled you. You said in your heart, "I am the one, and there will be none besides me.'
A Conservative Version
For thou have trusted in thy wickedness. Thou have said, None sees me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it has perverted thee. And thou have said in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.
American Standard Version
For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness; thou hast said, None seeth me; thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee, and thou hast said in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.
Amplified
“For you [Babylon] have trusted and felt confident in your wickedness; you have said,
‘No one sees me.’
Your wisdom and your knowledge have led you astray,
And you have said in your heart (mind),
‘I am, and there is no one besides me.’
Bible in Basic English
For you had faith in your evil-doing; you said, No one sees me; by your wisdom and knowledge you have been turned out of the way: and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no other.
Darby Translation
For thou hast confided in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath seduced thee; and thou hast said in thy heart, It is I, and there is none but me.
Julia Smith Translation
And thou wilt trust in thy wickedness: thou saidst, None saw me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge it caused thee to turn away; and thou wilt say in thy heart, I, and none yet besides me.
King James 2000
For you have trusted in your wickedness: you have said, None sees me. Your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you; and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you felt secure in your wickedness; you said, "{No one} sees me." Your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, "I [am], and besides me [there is] no one."
Modern King James verseion
For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, No one sees me. Your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you; and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no one else.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For thou hast comforted thyself in thy deceitfulness, and hast said, "No man seeth me." Thine own wisdom and cunning hath deceived thee, in that thou hast said, "I am alone, and without me there is none."
NET Bible
You were complacent in your evil deeds; you thought, 'No one sees me.' Your self-professed wisdom and knowledge lead you astray, when you say, 'I am unique! No one can compare to me!'
New Heart English Bible
For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, No one sees me; your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you, and you have said in your heart, 'I am, and there is no other besides me.'
The Emphasized Bible
And so thou didst trust in thy wickedness, Thou saidst, no one, seeth me, Thy wisdom and knowledge, the same, seduced thee, - Therefore saidst thou in thy heart, I am , and there is no one besides.
Webster
For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thy heart, I am, and none else besides me.
World English Bible
For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, No one sees me; your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you, and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.
Youngs Literal Translation
And thou art confident in thy wickedness, Thou hast said, 'There is none seeing me,' Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, It is turning thee back, And thou sayest in thy heart, 'I am, and none else.'
Themes
Babylon » Remarkable for » Wisdom of senators
Babylon » Inhabitants of » Wicked
Desolation » Why desolation comes
Evil » Who shall have evil upon them
Exaltation » Of self » Self-exaltation, the folly of
Mischief » Who falls into mischief
Sorcery » Practiced » By the babylonians
Trust » The reward for trusting in wickedness
false Trusts » General references to
Wisdom » The reward for trusting in your own wisdom
Topics
Interlinear
Batach
Ra`
Ra'ah
Da`ath
Shuwb
Leb
References
Fausets
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 47:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Babylon's Fall
9
suddenly, in one day:
loss of children and widowhood.
They will happen to you in their entirety,
in spite of your many sorceries
and the potency of your spells.
you said, ‘No one sees me.’
Your wisdom and knowledge
led you astray.
You said to yourself,
‘I exist, and there is no one else.’
you will not know how to avert it.
And it will fall on you,
but you will be unable to ward it off.
Devastation will happen to you suddenly
and unexpectedly.
Cross References
Psalm 52:7
who would not make God his refuge,
but trusted in the abundance of his riches,
taking refuge in his destructive behavior.”
Isaiah 5:21
and clever in their own sight.
Isaiah 29:15
to hide their plans from the Lord.
They do their works in darkness,
and say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”
Isaiah 59:4
no one pleads honestly.
They trust in empty and worthless words;
they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.
Ezekiel 8:12
Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his idol? For they are saying, ‘The Lord does not see us. The Lord has abandoned the land.’”
Ezekiel 9:9
He answered me: “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of bloodshed,
Job 22:13-14
Can He judge through thick darkness?
Psalm 10:11
He hides His face and will never see.”
Psalm 62:9-10
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.
Psalm 64:5
they talk about hiding traps and say,
“Who will see them?”
Psalm 94:7-9
The God of Jacob doesn’t pay attention.”
Ecclesiastes 8:8
No one has authority over the wind
Isaiah 28:15
and we have made an agreement with Sheol;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through,
it will not touch us,
because we have made falsehood our refuge
and have hidden behind treachery.”
Isaiah 44:20
His deceived mind has led him astray,
and he cannot deliver himself,
or say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
Jeremiah 23:24
Can a man hide himself in secret places where I cannot see him?”
Ezekiel 28:2-6
“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre: This is what the Lord God says:
and you have said, ‘I am a god;
I sit in the seat of gods
in the heart of the sea.’
Yet you are a man and not a god,
though you have regarded your heart
as that of a god.
Romans 1:22
Claiming to be wise, they became fools
1 Corinthians 1:19-21
For it is written:
and I will set aside the understanding of the experts.
1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness