Job 5:13
He taketh the chachamim in their own arum (craftiness), 1 and the etzah of the wily is swiftly swept away. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
14They meet with choshech in the daytime, 1 and grope in the noonday as in the lailah, 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:31And one told Dovid, saying, Achitophel is among the conspirators with Avshalom. And Dovid said, Hashem, turn now the etza (counsel) of Achitophel into foolishness.
2 Samuel 17:23And when Achitophel saw that his etza (counsel, advice) was not followed, he saddled his chamor, and arose, and went home to his bais, to his town, and put his bais (household) in order, vayyekhanak (and he strangled, hanged himself), and died, and was buried in the kever aviv (tomb of his father).
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on HaEtz that he had prepared for Mordechai. Then was the wrath of HaMelech pacified. + 7:10 Ps 24:10; Isa 53:11
Psalms 7:15Hinei, he + 7:15 an evil person travaileth with iniquity, 1 and hath conceived trouble, and brought forth falsehood. 1
Psalms 9:17Hashem is known by the mishpat which He executeth; 1 the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. 1 Higgayon. Selah 1
Psalms 35:7For without cause have they hid for me 1 their reshet (net) in a shachat (pit), 1 which without cause they dug for my nefesh. 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 →