Job 5:13
who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty
LXX2012 (US English)
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 you, 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 Matt 27:5. hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
Esther 7:10So Aman was hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for Mardochaeus: and then the king's wrath was appeased.
Psalms 7:15He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made. 1
Psalms 9:17Let sinners be driven away into Hades, even all the nations that forget God. 1
Psalms 35:7How have you multiplied your mercy, O God! so the children of men shall trust in the shelter of your wings. 1
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 →