Job 5:12
He dispels the thoughts of the spiteful, lest their hands be able to complete what they had begun.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
In Context
11He places the humble on high and encourages the grieving towards health.
13He catches the wise in their cleverness and dissipates the counsel of the perverse.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:13Therefore, David, and his men of about six hundred, rose up, and, departing from Keilah, they wandered here and there, aimlessly. And it was reported to Saul that David had fled from Keilah, and was saved. For this reason, he chose not to go out.
2 Samuel 17:14And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, said: “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” So, by an act of the Lord, the useful counsel of Ahithophel was defeated, in order that the Lord might lead evil over Absalom.
Nehemiah 4:9And we prayed to our God, and we stationed guards upon the wall, day and night, against them.
Job 12:16With him is strength and wisdom; he knows both the deceiver and he who is deceived.
Psalms 33:10Fear the Lord, all you his saints. For there is no destitution for those who fear him.
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel, which is against the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Job 5:7-17
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: 9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: 11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their… Read the whole commentary →