Job 5:13

He catches ¹  the wise in their own craftiness, ²  and the counsel of the cunning ³  is brought to a quick end. ⁴ 

biblegateway Job 5:13

He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.

biblegateway Job 5:13

"He captures the wise by their own shrewdness, And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.

biblegateway Job 5:13

He catches those who think they are wise in their own cleverness, so that their cunning schemes are thwarted.

biblegateway Job 5:13

He catches the know-it-alls in their conspiracies--all that intricate intrigue swept out with the trash!

SABDAweb Job 5:13

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

bibleoremus Job 5:13

He takes the wise in their own craftiness; and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.

biblegateway Job 5:13

He catches the wise in their own craftiness, And the counsel of the cunning comes quickly upon them.

biblegateway Job 5:13

He catches ¹  the wise in their own craftiness, ²  and the counsel of the cunning ³  is brought to a quick end. ⁴ 

¹ tn The participles continue the description of God. Here he captures or ensnares the wise in their wickedly clever plans. See also Ps 7:16, where the wicked are caught in the pit they have dug – they are only wise in their own eyes.

² sn This is the only quotation from the Book of Job in the NT (although Rom 11:35 seems to reflect 41:11, and Phil 1:19 is similar to 13:6). Paul cites it in 1 Cor 3:19.

³ tn The etymology of נִפְתָּלִים (niftalim) suggests a meaning of “twisted” (see Prov 8:8) in the sense of tortuous. See Gen 30:8; Ps 18:26 [27].

⁴ tn The Niphal of מָהַר (mahar) means “to be hasty; to be irresponsible.” The meaning in the line may be understood in this sense: The counsel of the wily is hastened, that is, precipitated before it is ripe, i.e., frustrated (A. B. Davidson, Job, 39).