Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

自称为聪明，反成了愚拙，

他们自以为聪明，反成了愚昧，

他们自以为聪明，反成了愚昧，

他们自以为聪明，其实愚不可及，

他们自以为是聪明的，却成了愚蠢的。

他们自称是有智慧的，却成了愚拙，

自稱為聰明，反成了愚拙，

他們自以為聰明，反成了愚昧，

他們自以為聰明，反成了愚昧，

他們自以為聰明，其實愚不可及，

他們自以為是聰明的，卻成了愚蠢的。

他們自稱為有智慧，反而成了愚拙，

他們自稱是有智慧的，卻成了愚拙，

自稱為智、適成為愚、

自稱為智、適成愚魯、

自稱為智、反成愚魯、

若輩自誇明哲、轉成下愚；

Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools

They claimed to be wise. But they made fools of themselves.

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools.

Claiming to be wise, they became fools

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

Professing to be wise, they became fools,

Claiming to be wise, they became fools

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

As clouds and wind without rain, So is he that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;

How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes hath wrought falsely.The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of Jehovah; and what manner of wisdom is in them?

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe.

Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

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.

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!

Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness: