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Job 5:12–13

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12“He afrustrates the plotting of the shrewd,

So that their hands cannot attain success.

13“He acaptures the wise by their own shrewdness,

And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.

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Cross references

  1. aPs 33:10
  2. aJob 37:24; 1 Cor 3:19

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He frustrates the devices of the crafty,

so that their hands achieve no success.

He catches the wise in their own craftiness,

and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He thwarts the plans of the crafty,

so that their hands achieve no success.

He catches the wise in their craftiness,

and the schemes of the wily are swept away.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He frustrates the schemes of the crafty

so that they achieve no success.

He traps the wise in their craftiness

so that the plans of the deceptive

are quickly brought to an end.

NLTNew Living Translation

He frustrates the plans of schemers

so the work of their hands will not succeed.

He traps the wise in their own cleverness

so their cunning schemes are thwarted.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He is frustrating the devices of the crafty,

and their hands do not achieve success.

He is capturing the wise in their craftiness,

and the schemes of the wily are rushed.

KJV 1900King James Version

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty,

So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness:

And the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.