"How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain."
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For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
How is it that you say, We are wise and the law of the Lord is with us? But see, the false pen of the scribes has made it false.
How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? Behold, certainly the lying pen of the scribes hath made it falsehood.
How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain he hath made it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
How do you say, We are wise, and the law of Yahweh is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has worked falsely.
How do ye say, We `are' wise, And the law of Jehovah `is' with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes.