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Job 5:13

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

He taketh {H3920} the wise {H2450} in their own craftiness {H6193}: and the counsel {H6098} of the froward {H6617} is carried headlong {H4116}.

trapping the crafty in their own tricks and foiling quickly the plans of the false.

He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

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

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 9:15 (10 votes)

    The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

  • Psalms 9:16 (10 votes)

    The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

  • 1 Corinthians 3:19 (10 votes)

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

  • Luke 1:51 (7 votes)

    He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

  • 1 Corinthians 1:19 (7 votes)

    For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

  • 1 Corinthians 1:20 (7 votes)

    Where [is] the wise? where [is] the scribe? where [is] the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

  • Psalms 18:26 (7 votes)

    With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.