American Standard Version
"Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! "
— Isaiah 5:21, American Standard Version
“Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!”
“Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!”
“Beware, those who think they are wise, those who think they possess understanding.”
“Woe to you that are wise in your own eyes, and prudent in your own conceits.”
“Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!”
“Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!”
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope;
that say, Let him make speed, let him 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!
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!
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;
that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the dry grass sinketh down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.