Verse 12
Job 5:12
Darby Translation
12
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
Original Language Text
hebrew
מֵ֭פֵר מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת עֲרוּמִ֑ים וְֽ/לֹא תַעֲשֶׂ֥ינָה יְ֝דֵי/הֶ֗ם תּוּשִׁיָּֽה
English Translation
He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands do not achieve success.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
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For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.
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3
I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
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His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:
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Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his...
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For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
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For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.
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But as for me I will seek unto God (Elohim), and unto God (Elohim) commit my cause;
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9
Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;
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10
Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;
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Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.
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12
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
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He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:
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They meet with darkness in a the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.
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And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
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So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.
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Behold, happy is the man whom God (Elohim) correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the A...
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For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
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19
He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
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In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
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21
Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction whe...
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At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.
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For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at pe...
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And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing.
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And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.
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Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.
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Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself.
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