Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success. New Living Translation He frustrates the plans of schemers so the work of their hands will not succeed. English Standard Version He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success. Berean Standard Bible He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success. King James Bible He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. New King James Version He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot carry out their plans. New American Standard Bible “He frustrates the schemes of the shrewd, So that their hands cannot attain success. NASB 1995 “He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd, So that their hands cannot attain success. NASB 1977 “He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd, So that their hands cannot attain success. Legacy Standard Bible He frustrates the thoughts of the crafty, So that their hands cannot attain success of sound wisdom. Amplified Bible “He frustrates the devices and schemes of the crafty, So that their hands cannot attain success or achieve anything of [lasting] worth. Christian Standard Bible He frustrates the schemes of the crafty so that they achieve no success. Holman Christian Standard Bible He frustrates the schemes of the crafty so that they achieve no success. American Standard Version He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. Aramaic Bible in Plain English He brings the ideas of the wise to nothing that their hands will not perform a scheme Brenton Septuagint Translation frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth: Contemporary English Version God swiftly traps the wicked Douay-Rheims Bible Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun: English Revised Version He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. GOD'S WORD® Translation He keeps shrewd people from carrying out their plans so that they cannot do anything successfully. International Standard Version He frustrates the plans of the crafty; so that what they work for never succeeds. JPS Tanakh 1917 He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can perform nothing substantial. Literal Standard Version Making void thoughts of the cunning, | And their hands do not execute wisdom. Majority Standard Bible He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success. New American Bible He frustrates the plans of the cunning, so that their hands achieve no success; NET Bible He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned! New Revised Standard Version He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success. New Heart English Bible He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands can't perform their enterprise. Webster's Bible Translation He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. World English Bible He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands can’t perform their enterprise. Young's Literal Translation Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those who Seek Him…11He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety. 12He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success. 13He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.… Cross References Job 15:5 For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty. Psalm 33:10 The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples. Isaiah 8:10 Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us." Isaiah 44:25 who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense, Jeremiah 8:8 How can you say, 'We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,' when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception? Obadiah 1:8 In that day, declares the LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of Edom and the men of understanding in the mountains of Esau? Treasury of Scripture He disappoints the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. disappointeth. Job 12:16,17 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his… 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. Psalm 33:10,11 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect… their hands. Psalm 21:11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. 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. 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. their enterprise. Jump to Previous Achieve Attain Carry Crafty Designs Devices Effect Execute Frustrates Frustrateth Hands Makes Making Perform Plans Plotting Purposes Shrewd Substantial Subtile Success Thoughts Thwarts Unable Void Wisdom Wise WrongJump to Next Achieve Attain Carry Crafty Designs Devices Effect Execute Frustrates Frustrateth Hands Makes Making Perform Plans Plotting Purposes Shrewd Substantial Subtile Success Thoughts Thwarts Unable Void Wisdom Wise WrongJob 5 1. Eliphaz shows that the end of the wicked is misery;6. that man is born to trouble; 8. that God is to be regarded in affliction; 17. the happy end of God's correction. (12) So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.--Or, so that their hands can do-nothing that is sound or of worth, can accomplish nothing effectual.Verse 12. - He disappointeth the devices of the crafty; or, frustrateth - makes them of no effect (comp. Psalm 33:10; Isaiah 8:10). Some suppose Eliphaz to insinuate here that Job's apparent wisdom has not been true wisdom, but cunning or craft, and that therefore God has brought it to nought. But to us it rather seems that he enunciates a.general sentiment, and a true one. He is giving examples of the "marvellous things" which God does (ver. 9), and naturally enumerates among them his victories over the craft and cunning of his adversaries (comp. Isaiah 44:25). So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise; literally, and their hands accomplish nothing solid. No substantial result is effected by all their scheming. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He thwartsמֵ֭פֵר (mê·p̄êr) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6565: To break up, to violate, frustrate the schemes מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת (maḥ·šə·ḇō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 4284: A contrivance, a texture, machine, intention, plan of the crafty, עֲרוּמִ֑ים (‘ă·rū·mîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 6175: Crafty, shrewd, sensible so that their hands יְ֝דֵיהֶ֗ם (yə·ḏê·hem) Noun - fdc | third person masculine plural Strong's 3027: A hand find תַעֲשֶׂ֥ינָה (ṯa·‘ă·śe·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 6213: To do, make no וְֽלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no success. תּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃ (tū·šî·yāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8454: Support, ability, help, an undertaking, understanding Links Job 5:12 NIVJob 5:12 NLT Job 5:12 ESV Job 5:12 NASB Job 5:12 KJV Job 5:12 BibleApps.com Job 5:12 Biblia Paralela Job 5:12 Chinese Bible Job 5:12 French Bible Job 5:12 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 5:12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty (Jb) |
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