Job 5:13

In 11 translations

BSB

He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.Cited in 1 Corinthians 3:19

KJV

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

WEB

He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

ASV

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

LSV

Capturing the wise in their subtlety, || And the counsel of wrestling ones was hurried,

YLT

Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,

DBY

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:

DRC

Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked:

GNV

He taketh the wise in their craftinesse, and the counsel of the wicked is made foolish.

JPS

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.

LXXE

who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty.

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WLC

לֹכֵ֣ד חֲכָמִ֣ים בְּעָרְמָ֑ם וַעֲצַ֖ת נִפְתָּלִ֣ים נִמְהָֽרָה׃

LXX-Br

ὁ καταλαμβάνων σοφοὺς ἐν τῇ φρονήσει, βουλὴν δὲ πολυπλόκων ἐξέστησεν.

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• Psalms 9:15–16The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden. The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
• 1 Corinthians 3:19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
• 1 Corinthians 1:19–20For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.” Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made…
• Psalms 7:15–16He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making. His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
• Luke 1:51He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
• Psalms 18:26to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
• Psalms 35:7–8For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul. May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
• Esther 9:25But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
• Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
• Proverbs 3:32for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
• 2 Samuel 15:31Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
• Esther 6:4–11“Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him. So the king’s attendants answered him, “Haman is…
• 2 Samuel 17:23When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
• 2 Samuel 15:34But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’

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