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1 Corinthians 1:27

King James Version (KJV)

But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

Translations

1 Corinthians 1:27 - Amplified Bible

[No] for God selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is foolish to put the wise to shame, and what the world calls weak to put the strong to shame.

1 Corinthians 1:27 - American Standard Version

but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

1 Corinthians 1:27 - Bible in Basic English

But God made selection of the foolish things of this world so that he might put the wise to shame; and the feeble things that he might put to shame the strong;

1 Corinthians 1:27 - Darby Bible

But God has chosen the foolish things of the world, that he may put to shame the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world, that he may put to shame the strong things;

1 Corinthians 1:27 - English Standard Version

But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;

1 Corinthians 1:27 - King James Version

But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

1 Corinthians 1:27 - La Biblia de las Americas

sino que Dios ha escogido lo necio del mundo, para avergonzar a los sabios; y Dios ha escogido lo débil del mundo, para avergonzar a lo que es fuerte;

1 Corinthians 1:27 - The Message

1 Corinthians 1:27 - New American Standard Bible

but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong,

1 Corinthians 1:27 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Sino que Dios ha escogido lo necio del mundo para avergonzar a los sabios; y Dios ha escogido lo débil del mundo para avergonzar a lo que es fuerte.

1 Corinthians 1:27 - World English Bible

but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

1 Corinthians 1:27 - Young's Living Translation

but the foolish things of the world did God choose, that the wise He may put to shame; and the weak things of the world did God choose that He may put to shame the strong;

1 Corinthians 1:27 - Additional Comments

The worldly wise determine the way of God to be foolish and weak. Those specific things, the apparently foolish and weak, are what shame the wise and mighty.

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