Job 5:12
He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
In Context
11He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
13He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:13Then David and his men, about six hundred strong, set out and departed from Keilah, moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he declined to go forth.
2 Samuel 17:14Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
Nehemiah 4:9So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.
Job 12:16True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
Psalms 33:10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail 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 →