Job Chapter 5 verse 13 Holy Bible
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
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He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.
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He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:
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He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
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He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
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He takes the wise in their own craftiness; The counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
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Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. Men are, as Shakespeare says, "hoist with their own petard." They "fall into their own nets together" (Psalm 141:11), while the godly, their intended prey, "escape them." And this is God's doing - it is his providence which brings it to pass. And the counsel of the froward is carried headlong; or, "put to confusion" (Lee).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) He taketh the wise.--St. Paul quotes the former half of this verse in his warning to the Corinthians (1Corinthians 3:19): "The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness." The word rendered "froward" means crooked, perverse, or tortuous. The name Naphtali is derived from the same root (Genesis 30:8).