Isaiah 44:25
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,

Young's Literal Translation
Making void the tokens of devisers, And diviners it maketh mad, Turning the wise backward, And their knowledge it maketh foolish.

King James Bible
That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise [men] backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

Hebrew
who foils
מֵפֵר֙ (mê·p̄êr)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6565: To break up, to violate, frustrate

the signs
אֹת֣וֹת (’ō·ṯō·wṯ)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 226: A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence

of false prophets
בַּדִּ֔ים (bad·dîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 907: A brag, lie, a liar

and makes fools of
יְהוֹלֵ֑ל (yə·hō·w·lêl)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1984: To shine

diviners,
וְקֹסְמִ֖ים (wə·qō·sə·mîm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7080: To distribute, determine by lot, magical scroll, to divine

who confounds
מֵשִׁ֧יב (mê·šîḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

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

and turns their knowledge
וְדַעְתָּ֥ם (wə·ḏa‘·tām)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1847: Knowledge

into nonsense,
יְשַׂכֵּֽל׃ (yə·śak·kêl)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5528: To be foolish or a fool

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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