¹¹ Yahweh knows the thoughts of man, That they are futile.

²⁰ And again, "The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless."

¹¹ For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn't consider it.

¹² But vain man can become wise If a man can be born as a wild donkey's colt.

¹⁰ For he sees that wise men die; Likewise the fool and the senseless perish, And leave their wealth to others.

¹¹ Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, And their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.

¹² But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.

¹³ This is the destiny of those who are foolish, And of those who approve their sayings. Selah.

²¹ Because, knowing God, they didn't glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, 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, I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing."

²¹ For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn't know God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.

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