For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
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Gill's Exposition
As it is written,.... The passage referred to is in Isa 29:14 where it is read, "the wisdom of their wise men shall perish; and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid"; and is rendered by…
Barnes' Notes
For it is written - This passage is quoted from Isa 29:14. The Hebrew of the passage, as rendered in the English version is, “the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their…
Adam Clarke
For it is written - The place referred to is Isa 29:14.
I will destroy the wisdom of the wise - Των σοφων, Of wise men - of the philosophers who in their investigations seek nothing less than God, and…
We have here,
I. The manner in which Paul preached the gospel, and the cross of Christ: Not with the wisdom of words (Co1 1:17), the enticing words of man's wisdom (Co1 2:4), the flourish of oratory,…
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