King James Version

Isaiah 19:13

The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.

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נֽוֹאֲלוּ֙noalvbe foolishיָאַלverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be foolish”, a completed actionH2973properly, to be slack, i.e. (figuratively) to be foolishdote, be (become, do) foolish(-ly).שָׂ֣רֵיsarecaptainשַׂרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “captain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8269a head person (of any rank or class)captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.צֹ֔עַןtsoanZoanצֹעַןnoun, proper name — “Zoan”H6814Tsoan, a place in EgyptZoan.נִשְּׁא֖וּnishvbeguileנָשָׁאverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “beguile”, a completed actionH5377to lead astray, i.e. (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seducebeguile, deceive, [idiom] greatly, [idiom] utterly.שָׂ֣רֵיsarecaptainשַׂרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “captain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8269a head person (of any rank or class)captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.נֹ֑ףnofNophנֹףnoun, proper name — “Noph”H5297Noph, the capital of Upper EgyptNoph.הִתְע֥וּhitvdeceiveתָּעָהverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “deceive”, a completed actionH8582to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both(cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).מִצְרַ֖יִםmitsrayimEgyptמִצְרַיִםnoun, proper name — “Egypt”H4714Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower EgyptEgypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.פִּנַּ֥תpinatbulwarkפִּנָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “bulwark”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6438an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftainbulwark, chief, corner, stay, tower.שְׁבָטֶֽיהָshevateyhadartשֵׁבֶטnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “dart”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7626a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan[idiom] correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have caused Egypt to go astray, that are the corner-stone of her tribes.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Memphis are deceived; they have caused Egypt to go astray, that are the corner-stone of her tribes.

Young’s Literal Translation

Foolish have been princes of Zoan, Lifted up have been princes of Noph, And they have caused Egypt to err, The chief of her tribes.

World English Bible

The princes of Zoan have become fools. The princes of Memphis are deceived. They have caused Egypt to go astray, those who are the cornerstone of her tribes.

Darby Translation

The princes of Zoan are become foolish, the princes of Noph are deceived; and the corner-stones of its tribes have caused Egypt to err.

Douay-Rheims

The princes of Tanis are become fools, the princes of Memphis are gone astray, they have deceived Egypt, the stay of the people thereof.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have caused Egypt to go astray, that are the corner-stone of her tribes.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The princes of Tanis have failed, and the princes of Memphis are lifted up with pride , and they shall cause Egypt to wander by tribes.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐξέλιπον οἱ ἄρχοντες Τάνεως, καὶ ὑψώθησαν οἱ ἄρχοντες Μέμφεως, καὶ πλανήσουσιν Αἴγυπτον κατὰ φυλάς.