¹¹ Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity.

²⁰ and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise that they are vain.

¹¹ For he knoweth false men: He seeth iniquity also, even though he consider it not.

¹² But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born `as' a wild ass's colt.

¹⁰ For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

¹¹ Their inward thought is, `that' their houses `shall continue' for ever, `And' their dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.

¹² But man `being' in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.

¹³ This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah

²¹ because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.

²² Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

¹⁹ For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.

²¹ 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.

²⁵ Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.