Verse Comparison: 1 Corinthians 1:20
American Standard Version
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?
Amplified® Bible
Where is the wise man (the philosopher)? Where is the scribe (the scholar)? Where is the investigator (the logician, the debater) of this present time {and} age? Has not God shown up the nonsense {and} the folly of this world's wisdom?
Contemporary English Version
What happened to those wise people? What happened to those experts in the Scriptures? What happened to the ones who think they have all the answers? Didn't God show that the wisdom of this world is foolish?
Darby English Version
Where [is the] wise? where scribe? where disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
Good News Bible
So then, where does that leave the wise? or the scholars? or the skillful debaters of this world? God has shown that this world's wisdom is foolishness!
International Standard Version
Where is the wise person? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? God has turned the wisdom of the world into nonsense, hasn't he?
King James Version
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?
New American Standard Bible
Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
New International Version
Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
New King James Version
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Where do we find the wise man? Where do we find the scribe? Where do we find the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
Young's Literal Translation
where `is' the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world?