Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Who doth frustrate the schemes of the crafty, that their hands cannot achieve abiding success;
New American Standard Bible
So that their hands cannot attain success.
King James Version
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Holman Bible
so that they
International Standard Version
He frustrates the plans of the crafty; so that what they work for never succeeds.
A Conservative Version
He frustrates the devices of the crafty so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
American Standard Version
He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Amplified
“He frustrates the devices and schemes of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot attain success or achieve anything of [lasting] worth.
Bible in Basic English
Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes.
Darby Translation
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
Julia Smith Translation
Bringing to nought the purposes of the crafty, and their hand shall not do an undertaking.
King James 2000
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their plans.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[He] is frustrating [the] devices of [the] crafty, and their hands do not achieve success.
Modern King James verseion
frustrating the plans of the crafty, nor did their hands do wisely.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Which destroyeth the devices of the subtle, so that they are not able to perform the things that they take in hand;
NET Bible
He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned!
New Heart English Bible
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can't perform their enterprise.
Webster
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
World English Bible
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can't perform their enterprise.
Youngs Literal Translation
Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
Themes
Craftiness » Who the lord takes in their own craftiness
Evil » Devices » Will be defeated
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 5:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Response Continues
11 Setting the lowly on high, and, mourners, are uplifted to safety; 12 Who doth frustrate the schemes of the crafty, that their hands cannot achieve abiding success; 13 Who captureth the wise in their own craftiness, yea the headlong counsel of the crooked:
Cross References
Nehemiah 4:15
And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had overturned their counsel, then returned we, all of us, unto the wall, every man unto his work.
Isaiah 8:10
Determine a plan, - and it shall be frustrated, - Speak a word, and it shall not stand, For With-us-is-GOD!
Job 12:16-17
With Him, is strength and effective wisdom, to Him, belong he that erreth, and he that causeth to err.
Psalm 21:11
For they have held out, against thee, a wicked thing, They have devised a scheme they cannot accomplish.
Psalm 33:10-11
Yahweh, hath frustrated the counsel of nations, hath brought to nothing the devices of peoples.
Psalm 37:17
For, the arms of the lawless, shall be broken, But Yahweh is upholding the righteous.
Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel, to confront Yahweh.
Isaiah 19:3
And the spirit of Egypt, shall vanish, within them, Yea the sagacity thereof, will I swallow up, - And they will seek Unto the idols and Unto them that mutter, and Unto them that have familiar spirits, and Unto the wizards;
Isaiah 37:36
Then went forth the messenger of Yahweh, and smote - in the camp of the Assyrians - a hundred and eighty-five thousand, - and when men arose early in the morning, lo! they were all, dead bodies!
Acts 12:11
And, Peter, coming to himself said - Now, know I, of a truth, that the Lord hath sent forth his messenger, and taken me out of the hand of Herod, and all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
Acts 23:12-22
And, when it became day, the Jews, forming a conspiracy, bound themselves under a curse, saying, that they would neither eat nor drink till they had slain Paul.