Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThe wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have? Young's Literal Translation Ashamed have been the wise, They have been affrighted, and are captured, Lo, against a word of Jehovah they kicked, And the wisdom of what—have they? King James Bible The wise [men] are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom [is] in them? Hebrew The wiseחֲכָמִ֔ים (ḥă·ḵā·mîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 2450: Wise will be put to shame; הֹבִ֣ישׁוּ (hō·ḇî·šū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 954: To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed they will be dismayed חַ֖תּוּ (ḥat·tū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2865: To prostrate, to break down, either, by violence, by confusion and fear and snared. וַיִּלָּכֵ֑דוּ (way·yil·lā·ḵê·ḏū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3920: To catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere They have rejected מָאָ֔סוּ (mā·’ā·sū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3988: To spurn, to disappear the word בִדְבַר־ (ḇiḏ·ḇar-) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause of the LORD, יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel so what מֶ֖ה (meh) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what wisdom וְחָכְמַֽת־ (wə·ḥā·ḵə·maṯ-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 2451: Wisdom do they really have? לָהֶֽם׃ (lā·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew |