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Job 5:12

Wisdom

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.

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

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

14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

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Compare

BSB
He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
KJV
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
WEB
He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands can’t perform their enterprise.
ASV
He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
DARBY
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
BLB
[He] is breaking the plots of the crafty, and their hands cannot execute wisdom.
ÅB
som gjør de kløktiges råd til intet, så deres hender ikke får utrettet noe som varer,
OTB
Han forhindrer de klokes planer,
Slik at deres hender ikke kan oppnå suksess.
B1930
som gjør de kløktiges råd til intet, så deres hender ikke får utrettet noget som varer,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 33:10–11

    The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

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  • Psalms 21:11

    For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

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  • Isaiah 8:10

    Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

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  • Proverbs 21:30

    There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

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  • Psalms 37:17

    For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

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  • Acts 12:11

    And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

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  • Isaiah 37:36

    Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

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  • Nehemiah 4:15

    And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.

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