Job 5:12
Frustrating the counsels of the crafty, 1 And their hands shall not perform the truth: 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
In Context
11Who exalts the lowly, 1 And raises up them that are lost: 1
13Who takes the wise in their wisdom, 1 And subverts the counsel of the crafty. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:13And David arose, and the men with him, in number about four hundred, and they went forth from Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go: and it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, and he forbore to come.
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 ordained to disconcert the good counsel of Ahithophel, that the Lord might bring all evil upon Absalom.
Job 12:16With him are strength and power: 1 He has knowledge and understanding. 1
Psalms 33:10Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: 1 For there is no want to them that fear him. 1
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, there is no courage, 1 There is no counsel against the ungodly. 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 →