Tree of Life Version
Job 5:13
13Who catches the clever in their craftiness, and thwarts the plan of the cunning.
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
11Who places the lowly on high and lifts mourners to salvation. 12Who frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands attain no success. Who catches the clever in their craftiness, and thwarts the plan of the cunning. 14By day they encounter darkness and grope at noon as if it were night. 15But He saves the needy from the sword of their mouth, and from the clutches of the mighty.
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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 told David saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David prayed, “Adonai, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”
- 2 Samuel 17:23Now when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, arose, went to his home in his hometown set his house in order, and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
- Esther 6:4The king said, “Who is in the courtyard?” Now Haman had just come into the outer court of the king’s palace to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
- Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s rage subsided.
- Esther 9:25But when it came to the king’s attention, he issued a written edict that the wicked scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should come back on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. (
- Psalms 7:15Look! The one pregnant with trouble conceives mischief and brings forth deceit.
- Psalms 9:15Then I will tell all your praises in the gates of the daughter of Zion, rejoicing in Your salvation.
- Psalms 35:7For without cause they hid their net for me, and without cause they dug a pit for my soul.
- Luke 1:51He has displayed power with His arm. He has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
- 1 Corinthians 1:19For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and bring to nothing the understanding of the intelligent.”
- Psalms 18:26With the loyal You deal loyally. With the blameless You are blameless.
- Proverbs 3:32For the devious are detestable to Adonai, but He 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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