Isaiah 19:11
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?

Young's Literal Translation
Only, fools [are] the princes of Zoan, The counsel of the wise ones of the counsellors of Pharaoh hath become brutish. How say ye unto Pharaoh, ‘A son of the wise am I, a son of kings of antiquity?’

King James Bible
Surely the princes of Zoan [are] fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I [am] the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

Hebrew
The princes
שָׂ֣רֵי (śā·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

of Zoan
צֹ֔עַן (ṣō·‘an)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6814: Zoan -- a place in Egypt

are mere
אַךְ־ (’aḵ-)
Adverb
Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

fools;
אֱוִלִים֙ (’ĕ·wi·lîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 196: Silly, foolish, impious

Pharaoh’s
פַרְעֹ֔ה (p̄ar·‘ōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6547: Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings

wise
חַכְמֵי֙ (ḥaḵ·mê)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2450: Wise

counselors
עֵצָ֖ה (‘ê·ṣāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6098: Advice, plan, prudence

give senseless
נִבְעָרָ֑ה (niḇ·‘ā·rāh)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 1197: To kindle, consume, to be, brutish

advice.
יֹעֲצֵ֣י (yō·‘ă·ṣê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6098: Advice, plan, prudence

How
אֵ֚יךְ (’êḵ)
Interjection
Strong's 349: How?, how!, where

can you say
תֹּאמְר֣וּ (tō·mə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Pharaoh,
פַּרְעֹ֔ה (par·‘ōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6547: Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings

“I
אֲנִ֖י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

am one
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of the wise,
חֲכָמִ֥ים (ḥă·ḵā·mîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 2450: Wise

a son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of eastern
קֶֽדֶם׃ (qe·ḏem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6924: The front, of place, time

kings”?
מַלְכֵי־ (mal·ḵê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4428: A king

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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