Job 5:13
who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
In Context
12frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth:
14In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night:
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:31And it was reported to David, saying, Achitophel also is among the conspirators with Abessalom. And David said, O Lord my God, disconcert, I pray thee, the counsel of Achitophel.
2 Samuel 17:23And Achitophel saw that his counsel was not followed, and he saddled his ass, and rose and departed to his house into his city; and he gave orders to his household, and + 17:23 Comp. the Greek with Mat. 27. 5.hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
Psalms 7:15Behold, he has travailed with unrighteousness, he has conceived trouble, and brought forth iniquity.
Psalms 9:17The Lord is known as executing judgments: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. A song of Pause.
Psalms 35:7Thy righteousness is as the + 35:7 Or, vast mountains.mountains of God, thy judgments are as a great deep: O Lord, thou wilt preserve men and beasts.
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 →