Job 5:12
He scattereth the deuices of the craftie: so that their handes can not accomplish that which they doe enterprise.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
In Context
11And setteth vp on hie them that be lowe, that the sorowfull may be exalted to saluation.
13He taketh the wise in their craftinesse, and the counsel of the wicked is made foolish.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:13Then Dauid and his men, which were about sixe hundreth, arose, and departed out of Keilah, and went whither they coulde. And it was tolde Saul, that Dauid was fled from Keilah, and he left off his iourney.
2 Samuel 17:14Then Absalom and all the men of Israel sayde, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better, then the counsell of Ahithophel: for the Lord had determined to destroy the good counsell of Ahithophel, that the Lord might bring euill vpon Absalom.
Nehemiah 4:9The we prayed vnto our God, and set watchmen by them, day and night, because of them.
Job 12:16With him is strength and wisedome: hee that is deceiued, and that deceiueth, are his.
Psalms 33:10The Lord breaketh the counsell of the heathen, and bringeth to nought the deuices of the people.
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisedome, neither vnderstanding, nor counsell 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 →