Job 5:13

Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun:

14They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 15:31And it was told David that Achitophel also was in the conspiracy with Absalom, and David said: Infatuate, O Lord, I beseech thee, the counsel of Achitophel.

2 Samuel 17:23But Achitophel seeing that his counsel was not followed, saddled his ass, and arose and went home to his house and to his city, and putting his house in order, hanged himself, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

Esther 7:10So Aman was hanged on the gibbet, which he had prepared for Mardochai: and the king's wrath ceased.

Psalms 7:15Behold he hath been in labour with injustice; he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth iniquity.

Psalms 9:17The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands.

Psalms 35:7For without cause they have hidden their net for me unto destruction : without cause they have upbraided my soul.

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 →

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