24 Therefore, people revere him,(A)
    for does he not have regard for all the wise(B) in heart?[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 37:24 Or for he does not have regard for any who think they are wise.

24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.

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24 Therefore men (A)fear Him;
He shows no partiality to any who are (B)wise of heart.”

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14 Therefore once more I will astound these people
    with wonder upon wonder;(A)
the wisdom of the wise(B) will perish,
    the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.(C)

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14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

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14 (A)Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvelous work
Among this people,
A marvelous work and a wonder;
(B)For the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
And the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.”

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25 who foils(A) the signs of false prophets
    and makes fools of diviners,(B)
who overthrows the learning of the wise(C)
    and turns it into nonsense,(D)

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25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

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25 Who (A)frustrates the signs (B)of the babblers,
And drives diviners mad;
Who turns wise men backward,
(C)And makes their knowledge foolishness;

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“‘How can you say, “We are wise,
    for we have the law(A) of the Lord,”
when actually the lying pen of the scribes
    has handled it falsely?

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How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.

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“How can you say, ‘We are wise,
(A)And the law of the Lord is with us’?
Look, the false pen of the scribe certainly works falsehood.

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18 They said, “Come, let’s make plans(A) against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the priest(B) will not cease, nor will counsel from the wise,(C) nor the word from the prophets.(D) So come, let’s attack him with our tongues(E) and pay no attention to anything he says.”

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18 Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

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Jeremiah Persecuted

18 Then they said, (A)“Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; (B)for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”

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57 I will make her officials(A) and wise(B) men drunk,(C)
    her governors, officers and warriors as well;
they will sleep(D) forever and not awake,”
    declares the King,(E) whose name is the Lord Almighty.

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57 And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

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57 “And I will make drunk
Her princes and (A)wise men,
Her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men.
And they shall sleep a perpetual sleep
And not awake,” says (B)the King,
Whose name is the Lord of hosts.

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