Job 5:13
He traps the wise in their own clever thinking, and the schemes of twisted people are cut short.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
In Context
12He frustrates the plans of the cunning so that they are unsuccessful.
14In the daytime they're in the dark, and they stumble around at noon like it's night.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:31David was told, “Ahithophel is one of the people conspiring with Absalom.” So David prayed, “Lord, please make Ahithophel's advice worthless.”
2 Samuel 17:23When Ahithophel realized that his advice had been ignored, he saddled up his donkey and left for his home in the town where he lived. He put his affairs in order and then he hanged himself. He died and was buried in his father's tomb.
Esther 7:10So they impaled Haman on the pole that he had set up for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king died down.
Psalms 7:15They dig a deep hole to catch people, but then fall into it themselves.
Psalms 9:17The wicked depart, going to the grave—all nations who turn their backs on God.
Psalms 35:7For no reason they set a net to catch me; for no reason they dug a pit to trap me.
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 →