Other translations
American Standard Version
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And when they thought in themselves that they were wise, they became insane.
Darby Bible Translation
professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
For professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
God's Word
While claiming to be wise, they became fools.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Claiming to be wise, they became fools
International Standard Version
Though claiming to be wise, they became fools
NET Bible
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools
New American Standard Bible
Professing to be wise, they became fools,
New International Version
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools
New Living Translation
Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools.
Webster's Bible Translation
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools:
Weymouth New Testament
While boasting of their wisdom they became utter fools,
The World English Bible
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
EasyEnglish Bible
They said that they were wise, but really they became fools.
Young‘s Literal Translation
professing to be wise, they were made fools,
New Life Version
They said that they were wise, but they showed how foolish they were.
Revised Geneva Translation
When they professed themselves to be wise, they became fools.
The Voice Bible
They claim to be wise; but they have been exposed as fools, frauds, and con artists—
Living Bible
Claiming themselves to be wise without God, they became utter fools instead.
New Catholic Bible
Although they claimed to be wise, in reality they became fools,
Legacy Standard Bible
Professing to be wise, they became fools,
Jubilee Bible 2000
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools
Christian Standard Bible
Claiming to be wise, they became fools
Amplified Bible © 1954
Claiming to be wise, they became fools [professing to be smart, they made simpletons of themselves].
New Century Version
They said they were wise, but they became fools.
The Message
But God’s angry displeasure erupts as acts of human mistrust and wrongdoing and lying accumulate, as people try to put a shroud over truth. But the basic reality of God is plain enough. Open your eyes and there it is! By taking a long and thoughtful look at what God has created, people have always been able to see what their eyes as such can’t see: eternal power, for instance, and the mystery of his divine being. So nobody has a good excuse. What happened was this: People knew God perfectly well, but when they didn’t treat him like God, refusing to worship him, they trivialized themselves into silliness and confusion so that there was neither sense nor direction left in their lives. They pretended to know it all, but were illiterate regarding life. They traded the glory of God who holds the whole world in his hands for cheap figurines you can buy at any roadside stand.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
Although they claim to be wise, they have become fools
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament
Professing to be wise, they became fools,
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Claiming to be wise, they became fools;
New Matthew Bible
When they counted themselves wise, they became fools,
Good News Translation®
They say they are wise, but they are fools;
Wycliffe Bible
For they saying that themselves were wise [Soothly they saying themselves to be wise men], they were made fools.
New Testament for Everyone
They declared themselves to be wise, but in fact they became foolish.
Contemporary English Version
They claim to be wise, but they are fools.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
J.B. Phillips New Testament
Behind a facade of “wisdom” they became just fools, fools who would exchange the glory of the eternal God for an imitation image of a mortal man, or of creatures that run or fly or crawl.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Claiming to be wise, they became fools;
Common English Bible © 2011
While they were claiming to be wise, they made fools of themselves.
Amplified Bible © 2015
Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
English Standard Version Anglicised
Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
While claiming to be wise, they became fools
New American Standard Bible
Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
The Expanded Bible
They claimed to be wise, but they became fools.
Tree of Life Version
Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
Revised Standard Version
Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
New International Reader's Version
They claimed to be wise. But they made fools of themselves.
BRG Bible
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Complete Jewish Bible
Claiming to be wise, they have become fools!
Worldwide English (New Testament)
They said they were wise people, but they were foolish people.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Claiming to be wise, they became fools;
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Claiming to be chachamim (wise ones), they became kesilim (fools),
Names of God Bible
While claiming to be wise, they became fools.
Modern English Version
Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
Easy-to-Read Version
They said they were wise, but they became fools.
International Children’s Bible
They said they were wise, but they became fools.
Lexham English Bible
Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
New International Version - UK
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools
Disciples Literal New Testament
While claiming to be wise, they became-foolish