New International Version
Job 5:13
13He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He traps the wise in their own cleverness so their cunning schemes are thwarted.
Context of Job 5:13
11The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety. 12He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success. He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away. 14Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night. 15He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them 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 15:31Now David had been told, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David prayed, “Lord, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.”
- 2 Samuel 17:23When 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 house in order and then hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
- Esther 6:4The king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to speak to the king about impaling Mordecai on the pole he had set up for him.
- Esther 7:10So they impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai. Then the king’s fury subsided.
- Esther 9:25But when the plot came to the king’s attention, he issued written orders that the evil scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should come back onto his own head, and that he and his sons should be impaled on poles.
- Psalms 7:15Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made.
- Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
- Psalms 35:7Since they hid their net for me without cause and without cause dug a pit for me,
- Luke 1:51He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.
- 1 Corinthians 1:19For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
- Psalms 18:26to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.
- Proverbs 3:32For the Lord detests the perverse but takes the upright into his confidence.
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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