Job 5:13

What does Job 5:13 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 5:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.12He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

v.13This passage

v.14They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 35:7

    For without cause have they hid for me their netina pit; Without cause have they digged a pit for my soul.

  • 1 Corinthians 3:19

    For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:

  • 2 Samuel 15:34

    but if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father’s servant in time past, so will I now be thy servant; then wilt thou defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.

  • 1 Corinthians 1:19

    For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.

  • Psalms 7:15

    He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

  • Psalms 18:26

    With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.

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