Job 5:13
He taketh the wise in their craftinesse, and the counsel of the wicked is made foolish.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 meete with darkenesse in the day time, and grope at noone day, as in the night.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:31Then one tolde Dauid, saying, Ahithophel is one of them that haue cospired with Absalom: and Dauid sayde, O Lord, I pray thee, turne the counsell of Ahithophel into foolishnesse.
2 Samuel 17:23Nowe when Ahithophel sawe that his counsell was not followed, he sadled his asse, and arose, and he went home vnto his citie, and put his houshold in order, and hanged him selfe, and dyed, and was buryed in his fathers graue.
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the tree, that he had prepared for Mordecai: then was the Kings wrath pacified.
Psalms 7:15Hee hath made a pitte and digged it, and is fallen into the pit that he made.
Psalms 9:17The wicked shall turne into hell, and all nations that forget God.
Psalms 35:7For without cause they haue hid the pit and their net for me: without cause haue they digged a pit for my soule.
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 →