Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

[He] is capturing [the] wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are rushed.

New American Standard Bible

“He captures the wise by their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

He traps the wise in their craftiness
so that the plans of the deceptive
are quickly brought to an end.

International Standard Version

He captures the wise in their own craftiness, bringing a quick end to their cunning advice.

A Conservative Version

He takes the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“He catches the [so-called] wise in their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the devious is quickly thwarted.

Bible in Basic English

He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.

Darby Translation

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:

Julia Smith Translation

He took the wise in their craftiness, and the counsel of the perverse was headlong.

King James 2000

He takes the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the cunning is quickly ended.

Modern King James verseion

He takes the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

which compasseth the wise in their own craftiness, and overthroweth the counsel of the wicked.

NET Bible

He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Who captureth the wise in their own craftiness, yea the headlong counsel of the crooked:

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He taketh
לכד 
Lakad 
Usage: 121

the wise
חכם 
Chakam 
Usage: 137

ערם 
`orem 
Usage: 1

and the counsel
עצה 
`etsah 
Usage: 88

of the froward
פּתל 
Pathal 
Usage: 5

References

American

Job

Fausets

Watsons

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Response Continues

12 [He] is frustrating [the] devices of [the] crafty, and their hands do not achieve success. 13 [He] is capturing [the] wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are rushed. 14 In the daytime they meet [with] darkness, and they grope at noon as [in] the night.

Cross References

Psalm 9:15-16

[The] nations have fallen in [the] pit [that] they made; their foot is caught in [the] net that they hid.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it is written, "The one who catches the wise in their craftiness,"

2 Samuel 15:31

Now David [was] told, "Ahithophel [was] among the conspirators with Absalom." Then David said, "Please frustrate the counsel of Ahithophel, O Yahweh."

2 Samuel 15:34

but if you want to return to the city and say to Absalom, 'I [am] your servant, O king. I used to be a servant of your father, but from then and now I [will be] your servant,' then you can frustrate the counsel of Ahithophel for me.

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel saw that his advice [was] not followed, he saddled the donkey, and he set out and went up to his house in his city. {After he set his house in order}, he hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his ancestors.

Esther 6:4-11

And the king asked, "Who [is] in the courtyard?" Haman had just come to the courtyard of the king's outer palace to tell the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

Esther 7:10

And they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the anger of the king was abated.

Esther 9:25

But when it came {to the attention of} the king, he {gave orders in writing} [that] his evil plot that he had devised against the Jews should return on his head, and they hung him and his sons on the gallows.

Psalm 7:15-16

He makes a pit and digs it out, then falls in [the] trap he has made.

Psalm 18:26

To [the] pure you show yourself pure. but to [the] wicked you show yourself shrewd.

Psalm 35:7-8

For without cause they secretly hide the pit with their net for me; without cause they dug [it] for my life.

Proverbs 3:32

for he who is perverse [is] an abomination of Yahweh, but those who are upright [are] his confidence.

Luke 1:51

He has done a mighty deed with his arm; he has dispersed the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.

1 Corinthians 1:19-20

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will confound."

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