Job 5:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.”
Job 5:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Job 5:13 in 6 Bible Translations
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Job 5:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.”
Job 5:13 — World English Bible
Job 5:13 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.”
Job 5:13 — American Standard Version
Job 5:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,”
Job 5:13 — Young's Literal Translation
Job 5:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:”
Job 5:13 — Darby Translation
Job 5:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“He taketh the wise in their craftinesse, and the counsel of the wicked is made foolish.”
Job 5:13 — Geneva Bible
Job 5:13 in Context — Job 5
11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
What Does Job 5:13 Mean?
Job 5:13 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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