Job 5:13
Who captureth the wise in their own craftiness, yea the headlong counsel of the crooked:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
In Context
12Who doth frustrate the schemes of the crafty, that their hands cannot achieve abiding success;
14By day, they encounter darkness, and, as though it were night, they grope at high noon.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:31And, unto David, it was told, saying, Ahithophel, is among the conspirators with Absolom. And David said, Turn to foolishness, I pray thee, the counsel of Ahithophel, O Yahweh.
2 Samuel 17:23Now, when, Ahithophel, saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose and went unto his own house, unto his own city, and gave charge unto his household, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the grave of his father.
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai,—and, the wrath of the king, was appeased.
Psalms 7:15A pit, he cut out, and digged it, and then fell into the ditch he had made:
Psalms 9:17The lawless, shall return, to hades, all nations forgetful of God.
Psalms 35:7For, without cause, have they hid for me, in a ditch, their net,—Without cause, have they digged [a pit] for my life.
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 →