Job 5:13
Who catcheth the wise in their own craftiness; and the advise of the perverse is hastened on headlong;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
In Context
14By day they meet with darkness, and as though it were night they grope about in the noon of day;
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:31And some one told David, saying, Achithophel is among the conspirators with Abshalom. And David said, I pray thee, turn into foolishness the counsel of Achithophel, O Lord!
2 Samuel 17:23And when Achithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled the ass, and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and gave his charge to his household, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king was appeased.
Psalms 7:15(7:16) He hath hollowed out a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he hath wrought.
Psalms 9:17(9:18) The wicked shall return into hell, all the nations that are forgetful of God.
Psalms 35:7For without cause have they hidden for me their net in a pit, without cause have they dug [pit-falls] against my life.
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 →