Job 5:13
He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
In Context
12He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
14They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:31Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
2 Samuel 17:23When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
Psalms 7:15He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
Psalms 9:17The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God.
Psalms 35:7For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
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 →