Job 5:12
Who doth frustrate the schemes of the crafty, that their hands cannot achieve abiding success;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
In Context
11Setting the lowly on high, and, mourners, are uplifted to safety;
13Who captureth the wise in their own craftiness, yea the headlong counsel of the crooked:
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:13Then arose David and his men, about six hundred, and went forth out of Keilah, and went to and fro, whithersoever they could,—and, unto Saul, it was told that David had escaped out of Keilah, so he forbare to go forth.
2 Samuel 17:14Then said Absolom and all the men of Israel, Better, is the counsel of Hushai the Archite, than the counsel of Ahithophel. Yahweh, indeed, had given charge to frustrate the wise counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring upon Absolom, ruin.
Nehemiah 4:9howbeit we prayed unto our God,—and set a watch against them, day and night, because of them.
Job 12:16With Him, is strength and effective wisdom, to Him, belong he that erreth, and he that causeth to err.
Psalms 33:10Yahweh, hath frustrated the counsel of nations, hath brought to nothing the devices of peoples.
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel, to confront Yahweh.
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 →