Christian Standard Bible
Job 5:13
13He traps the wise in their craftiness so that the plans of the deceptive are quickly brought to an end.
Job 5:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
- New International Version (NIV)He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He catches the wise in their own craftiness, And the counsel of the cunning comes quickly upon them.
Context of Job 5:13
11He sets the lowly on high, and mourners are lifted to safety. 12He frustrates the schemes of the crafty so that they achieve no success. He traps the wise in their craftiness so that the plans of the deceptive are quickly brought to an end. 14They encounter darkness by day, and they grope at noon as if it were night. 15He saves the needy from their sharp words and from the clutches of the powerful.
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לֹכֵ֣ד חֲכָמִ֣ים בְּעָרְמָ֑ם וַעֲצַ֖ת נִפְתָּלִ֣ים נִמְהָֽרָה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 5:13
- 2 Samuel 15:31Then someone reported to David, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” “Lord,” David pleaded, “please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
- 2 Samuel 17:23When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He set his house in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
- Esther 6:4The king asked, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman was just entering the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.
- Esther 7:10They hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger subsided.
- Esther 9:25But when the matter was brought before the king, he commanded by letter that the evil plan Haman had devised against the Jews return on his own head and that he should be hanged with his sons on the gallows.
- Psalms 7:15He dug a pit and hollowed it out but fell into the hole he had made.
- Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into the pit they made; their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.
- Psalms 35:7They hid their net for me without cause; they dug a pit for me without cause.
- Luke 1:51He has done a mighty deed with his arm; he has scattered the proud because of the thoughts of their hearts;
- 1 Corinthians 1:19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will set aside the intelligence of the intelligent.
- Psalms 18:26with the pure you prove yourself pure, but with the crooked you prove yourself shrewd.
- Proverbs 3:32for the devious are detestable to the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.
Commentaries on Job 5:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness - So counterworks them as to cause their feet to be taken in their own snares, and their evil dealings to fall on their own pate. Such frequent proofs has God given of his especial interference in behalf of the innocent, who have been the objects of the plots and evil designs of the wicked, by turning those evil devices against their framers, that he who digs a pit for his neighbor shall fall into it himself has…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness - This passage is quoted by the apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 3:19, with the usual formula in referring to the Old Testament, ́ ́ gegraptai gar “for it is written,” showing that he regarded it as a part of the inspired oracles of God. The word “wise” here undoubtedly means the cunning, the astute, the crafty, and the designing. It cannot mean those who are truly wise in the Scripture sense; but the meaning is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-16Verses 6-16 Eliphaz reminds Job, that no affliction comes by chance, nor is to be placed to second causes. The difference between prosperity and adversity is not so exactly observed, as that between day and night, summer and winter; but it is according to the will and counsel of God. We must not attribute our afflictions to fortune, for they are from God; nor our sins to fate, for they are from ourselves. Man is born in sin, and therefore born to trouble…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13God catches the wise in their craftiness (Proverbs 12:13). The apostle Paul referred to this idea when he rejected the wisdom of the world (1 Corinthians 1:19).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Paul (1Co 3:19) quoted this clause with the formula establishing its inspiration, "it is written." He cites the exact Hebrew words, not as he usually does the Septuagint, Greek version (Psa 9:15). Haman was hanged on the gallows he prepared for Mordecai (Es 5:14; 7:10). the wise--that is, "the cunning." is carried headlong--Their scheme is precipitated before it is ripe.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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