1 Corinthians 1:20 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Corinthians 1:20 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
ποῦ
poû
G4226
somewhere
σοφός
sophós
G4680
wise
ποῦ
poû
G4226
somewhere
γραμματεύς
grammateús
G1122
scribe
ποῦ
poû
G4226
somewhere
συζητητὴς
syzētētḗs
G4804
disputer
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
αἰῶνος
aiṓn
G165
age
τούτου
hoûtos
G3778
this
οὐχὶ
ouchí
G3780
not at all
ἐμώρανεν
mōraínō
G3471
to be foolish
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
θεὸς
theós
G2316
God
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
σοφίαν
sophía
G4678
wisdom
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
κόσμου
kósmos
G2889
world
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn't God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
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King James Version Public Domain
Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Where the wise person? Where the scholar? Where the debater of this age? Has not God turned the wisdom of the world into foolishness?
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).