Job 5:13 “He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of…”

Job 5:13

He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

World English Bible

He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

American Standard Version

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

Geneva Bible 1599

He taketh the wise in their craftinesse, and the counsel of the wicked is made foolish.

Darby Translation

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:

Young's Literal Translation

Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,

Bible in Basic English

He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.

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Cross references

“taketh”

Luke 1:51 Esther 9:25 Esther 7:10 2 Samuel 15:31 2 Samuel 15:34 2 Samuel 17:23

Luke 1:51 · BSB

He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.

Esther 9:25 · BSB

But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Esther 7:10 · BSB

So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.

2 Samuel 15:31 · BSB

Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

2 Samuel 15:34 · BSB

But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’

2 Samuel 17:23 · BSB

When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

“of the froword”

Psalm 18:26 Proverbs 3:32

Psalm 18:26 · BSB

to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

Proverbs 3:32 · BSB

for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.

Also

1 Corinthians 3:19

1 Corinthians 3:19 · BSB

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.

14They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.

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