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Job 5:12-14 KJV
Job · chapter 5 · verses 12–14
12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. 13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. 14They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.Job 5:12-14 · King James Version
Job 5:12-14 in context
10Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
11To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
14They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
15But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Commentary
Cross references
- Psalms 33:10-11
- Psalms 21:11
- Isaiah 8:10
- Proverbs 21:30
- Psalms 37:17
- Isaiah 37:36
- Acts 12:11
- Nehemiah 4:15
- 1 Corinthians 3:19
- Psalms 9:15-16
Key words (Strong's)
- disappointethpârarto break upH6565 →
- craftinessʻôrema stratagemH6193 →
- darknesschôshekthe darkH2822 →
- devicesmachăshâbâha contrivanceH4284 →
- performʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- counselʻêtsâhadviceH6098 →
- frowardpâthalto twineH6617 →
- daytimeyôwmâmdailyH3119 →
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Eliphaz, having touched Job in a very tender part, in mentioning both the loss of his estate and the death of his children as the just punishment of his sin, that he might not drive him to despair, here begins to encourage him, and puts him in a way to make himself easy.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-16