Job 5:12
He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands can perform nothing substantial.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
In Context
11So that He setteth up on high those that are low, and those that mourn are exalted to safety.
13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:13Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbore to go forth.
2 Samuel 17:14And Absalom and all the men of Israel said: 'The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.' — For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
Nehemiah 4:9(4-3) But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Job 12:16With Him is strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His.
Psalms 33:10The LORD bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel 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 →