1 Corinthians 3:20
And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
KJV
καὶ πάλιν, κύριος γινώσκει τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς τῶν σοφῶν ὅτι εἰσὶν μάταιοι.
Greek NT
Et iterum : Dominus novit cogitationes sapientium quoniam vanæ sunt.
Vulgate
and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.
ASV
And again: The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
διαλογισμός
dialogismos
noun · 14×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
μάταιος
mataios
adjective · 6×
πάλιν
palin
adverb · 141×
σοφός
sophos
adjective · 20×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Ps 94:11 · paraphrase"The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity."Psalm 94: the Lord knows the thoughts of the wise — Paul paraphrases
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
City of God · 2 passages
Chapter 4.—About the Prefigured Change of the Israelitic Kingdom and Priesthood, and About the Things Hannah the Mother of Samuel Prophesied, Personating the Church. Therefore the advance of the city of God, where it reached the times of the kings, yielded a figure, when, on the rejection of Saul, David first obtained the kingdom on such a footing that thenceforth his descendan…
Chapter 4.—What the Christians Believe Regarding the Supreme Good and Evil, in Opposition to the Philosophers, Who Have Maintained that the Supreme Good is in Themselves. If, then, we be asked what the city of God has to say upon these points, and, in the first place, what its opinion regarding the supreme good and evil is, it will reply that life eternal is the supreme good, d…
Cross-references
- 1Pet 1:18 — Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
- Col 2:8 — Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
- Eccl 7:16 — Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself ?
- Isa 66:18 — For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
- Jer 4:14 — O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
- Job 11:11 — For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
- Ps 2:1 — Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
- Ps 94:11 — The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
- Ps 94:11 — The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
- Rom 1:21 — Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.