Job 5:12
[But] who frustrateth the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot execute their well-devised counsel;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
In Context
11To set up the lowly on high, that those who mourn may rise high to happiness;
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:13Then arose David and his men, about six hundred men, and departed out of Ke'ilah, and wandered about whithersoever they could go. And when it was told to Saul that David was escaped from Ke'ilah, he forbore to go forth.
2 Samuel 17:14And Abshalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Chushai the Arkite is better than the counsel of Achithophel. But the Lord had ordained to frustrate the good counsel of Achithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring the evil upon Abshalom.
Nehemiah 4:9(4:3) But we prayed unto our God, and set a watch over them day and night, because of the others.
Job 12:16With him are strength and counsel: his are the deceived and the deceiver.
Psalms 33:10The Lord frustrateth the resolves of the nations: he bringeth to nought the thoughts of the people.
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 →